On 23 Feb 2002, Luke Freeman wrote: > 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
That is normal. xdm (or gdm) use .xsession. startx(1) and xinit(1) use .xinitrc. xdm doesn't use xinit or startx. Read the manual pages. > the gdm Session file but I would like to retain the 'startup' settings > for more than one window manager. If you use .xsession, it should be the same with all window managers. > dont say edit all the different session files because I shouldnt have to > .. :) Only one file is needed. (Or none and it will use the default.) Jeremy C. Reed echo 'G014AE824B0-07CC?/JJFFFI?D64CB>D=3C427=>;>6HI2><J' | tr /-_ :\ Sc-y./ | sed swxw`uname`w
