On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 07:55:06PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > > .xinitrc is used if you start X with 'startx' and .xession if you run > > xdm. > > This can't be right, as I use startx and ".xsession".
it is right if you're talking about X on other *NIX systems, but not with debian. debian (from slink onwards i think) has an alternative (more elegant IMO) arrangement. see Xsession(5). the short answer: .xsession is used by both startx and xdm in debian. correct me if i'm wrong, but that's what i understood from the manpage. -vinny -- Vincent Murphy | CompSci Undergrad, UCC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (086) 8397405 "With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. On Unix, I am limited only by my knowledge." --P J Schoenster