On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Chris Fury wrote: > Christopher J. Morrone wrote: > > > > How do I start the enlightment window manager under Debian? I have tried > > all kinds of .xinitrc, .xsession files but I just don't seem to be getting > > it right, my old fvwm2 manager still starts up... > > chmod 754 ~/.xsession > > if you're using xdm, > > chmod 754 ~/.xinitrc > > if you're using startx. > > This ensures that the eXecutable file permission is set, otherwise > it won't be run as a script[1]. I just figured this one out myself. > I just kept staring and staring at it. Why wouldn't it work! Aggh! > :)
Oh, they have to be executable...geez. I must be working too hard... > > [1] for those interested, it's run by a start up script: > /etc/X11/Xsession > > -- > balderdash. >