On 2021-02-10, antlists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: > On 09/02/2021 04:44, cal wrote: >>> but it doesn't, when I log-in the XFCE4 is not starting automatically, >>> I have to type manually: startxfce4 >> >> I see you have already solved your problem. But it bears mentioning: >> .xinitrc is executed by runing `startx`, not by the login shell. > > Indeed, I don't know what "rc" at the end stands for, but if a file ends > in rc it is almost always a *config* file, which is *read* by the target > of interest. It is in no way shape or form an executable of any sort.
IIRC, rc originally stood for "run commands", and it contained a list of commands for the application to run during initialization. They are almostly always not executable, but rather configuration commands in some application-specific syntax. -- Grant
