On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:21:20PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:10:18PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:47:19PM +0200, Jes?s Guerrero wrote:
> > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:41:56 +0200
> > > Jes?s Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > exec >$HOME/.xsession.$DISPLAY
> > > 
> > > Ok, forget my comment about that exec line. It is a redirector. I didn't 
> > > even read
> > > it, it was my fault. Still, the rest of things I said are valid. Your 
> > > xinitrc is
> > > strange.
> > > 
> > Not to mention that if the system is set to run at run level 5 (which
> > tends to be the default nowadays) it won't even look at .initrc.
> 
> Umm, this depends entirely on the distribution.  Debian, for instance
> doesn't distinguish between what's started in runlevels 2->5 inclusive,
> they're essentially all the same.
> 
OK, it's the scripts 'underneath' xdm/kdm/wdm/gdm.  The distributions
I have played with have all ignored the .xinitrc when at run level 5.

Whatever, depending on distribution, there's a fair chance that
.xinitrc isn't being looked at.

-- 
Chris Green

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