On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:52:58AM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > > I use startx, and only have an .xsessionrc file. I know it is read > > because of the xterm settings. > > Resources, whether for xterm, urxvt, or similar, usually are not > configured into .xinitrc, neither .xsession (I never used > .xsessionrc). Instead they are specified in .Xresources and > .Xdefaults. However it might be you "xrdb" them from .xsessionrc, > though .Xdefaults the old days was supposed to beloaded automatically > without being loaded through xrdb.
A quick search in google: http://knoppix.net/forum/threads/28595-Create-.xsessionrc-for-quick-session-changes Although it says .xsessionrc is read by .xsession, yet I have no .xsession file. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1130521.html But from here: root@tal:~# file /usr/bin/startx /usr/bin/startx: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable which points to (if you have no $HOME/.xinitrc): /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc # global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx) which sources: /etc/X11/Xsession which .... AHAH! [...] SYSRESOURCES=/etc/X11/Xresources USRRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xresources SYSSESSIONDIR=/etc/X11/Xsession.d USERXSESSION=$HOME/.xsession USERXSESSIONRC=$HOME/.xsessionrc ALTUSERXSESSION=$HOME/.Xsession ERRFILE=$HOME/.xsession-errors [...] # use run-parts to source every file in the session directory; we source # instead of executing so that the variables and functions defined above # are available to the scripts, and so that they can pass variables to # each # other SESSIONFILES=$(run-parts --list $SYSSESSIONDIR) if [ -n "$SESSIONFILES" ]; then set +e for SESSIONFILE in $SESSIONFILES; do . $SESSIONFILE done set -e fi etc, etc, etc, -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120731194012.GB25954@tal