On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Aaron Benedict wrote:
> Hmmm, call me dumb but I can't seem to find either file in my home directory.
> The closest thing that I have to that is a file called .xsession-errors. but
> nothing else. I am using Mandrake FREQ#3 and in order to use blackbox I have
> it set up to automatically log in. Could this be what the problem is?
Heh, don't worry, think of it as a learning experience :)
Generally (and I've never used Mandrake, so I could be wrong) but you log
in through some graphical login manager (typically xdm, gdm, or kdm).
You'll find a file somewhere around /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession that uses the
information you provide when logging in to launch the correct window
manager.
Usually, if the user has a file in their home directory called .xsession
(note the '.') commands will be read form that rather than the system
defaults. Simply creating this file "should" do the trick. As far as I'm
aware this will work under RedHat >= 6.2 and Slackware 8.0 - maybe a
Mandrake user could confirm this?
Hope this helps,
Gian
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
> On Wednesday 29 August 2001 09:51 pm, Gian Paolo Lorenzetto wrote:
>
> > As others have posted, there should be a file in your home directory,
> > either .xinitrc or .xsession, where you can run commands before exec'ing
> > blackbox.
> >
> > BTW might be stating the blinding obvious but windowMaker dock apps start
> > in 'the slit' - checkout the blackbox man page if you have no idea what
> > I'm taking about :)
> >
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> > chance to get its pants on. " Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
>
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Dept of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Western Australia
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