On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:52:58AM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Chris Bannister > > I use startx, and only have an .xsessionrc file. I know it is read > > because of the xterm settings. > > Resources, whether for xterm, urxvt, or similar, usually are not > configured into .xinitrc, neither .xsession (I never used > .xsessionrc). Instead they are specified in .Xresources and > .Xdefaults. However it might be you "xrdb" them from .xsessionrc, > though .Xdefaults the old days was supposed to beloaded automatically > without being loaded through xrdb. > > Now, to make both startx and xdm (and other DMs using .xsession) what > is required is to have .xinitrc with execute permissions (.xsession > requires them for for several DMs if I recall correctly since it gets > executed), and then create a link from .xinitrc to .xsession.
If I don't call it .xsessionrc, startx doesn't work, it just dumps me back to the tty with: X.Org X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2) Release Date: 2012-05-19 [snip other] xinit: connection to X server lost The screen doesn't even flicker. I am using fvwm, no DM at all. I have tried, .xinitrc, .xsession, with and without execute permission, all give above message¹: "xinit: connection to X server lost" I don't have either an ".Xdefaults" or a ".Xresources" file. .xsessionrc works whether it is executable or not ¹ I also get that message when I quit fvwm. The point is, X doesn't even start in this case. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120729065031.GC1884@tal