Re: Whats the alternative to .xinitrc
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 04:02:50PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> More precisely, if I understand correctly,
>
> 1. The DM can request some window manager (for instance, the user has
> the choice between several ones, and he may also choose the default
> session file, or whatever has been used last). If a choice has been
> done, then /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args will define
> $STARTUP based on this choice.
>
> 2. If there wasn't a specific request, then when
> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup is sourced,
> $STARTUP is still empty. In this case, $STARTUP is defined there
> in the following way.
>
> 2a. If /etc/X11/Xsession.options contains allow-user-xsession (which
> isn't the default, AFAIK), then $STARTUP is set to the user
> session file, normally "$HOME/.xsession", as /etc/X11/Xsession
> contains: USERXSESSION=$HOME/.xsession
> The window manager should be started from this script.
>
> 2b. Otherwise, the following executables are tried in succession:
> /usr/bin/x-session-manager
> /usr/bin/x-window-manager
> /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
I believe this is what I documented on https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession
If the wiki doesn't reflect your understanding of the scripts, then it's
possible that one of misread them, and we can work on getting the wiki
into a more accurate (or more clear) state.
I also used the Debian reference manual, linked from that page, and
"man Xsession", while trying to figure out how this stuff works. I did
not go through the extra steps of installing and removing various display
managers and desktop environments in order to reverse engineer them.
My dedication to this cause has limitations.
> Note: since window managers can also start X clients on start up,
> a .xsession file may not be useful for everyone.
It's a crazy mixed-up world.
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