Well I have Redhat 7.1 installed and i have a ~/.xinitrc file which is executable and has the following contents:
#!/bin/sh exec xterm and sure enough .. nothing. I log in using gdm. I could add stuff to the gdm Session file but I would like to retain the 'startup' settings for more than one window manager. dont say edit all the different session files because I shouldnt have to .. :) -luke On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 12:52, Jan Schaumann wrote: > Luke Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > it would be handy to have a windowsish 'startup' feature, a global > > rootCommand if you will. I know about .xinitrc and all that but that > > still is not blackbox specific .. (plus .xinitrc doesnt fire for me -- > > redhat 7.1 :) > > Why would startup-commands have to be "blackbox specific"? And why does > .xinitrc not work under RH 7.1?? > > Make it bb-specific by sticking everything you want to startup into > ~/bin/startbb (including the "exec blackbox") and then put "exec > /home/<you>/bin/startbb into your .xinitrc (or .xsession). Voila. > > -Jan > > -- > finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please do not CC me when replying to messages on a Mailing List. > See Mail-Followup-To header (above) and > http://www.google.com/search?q=Mail-Followup-To+Header
