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
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