On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Chris G wrote:

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

Sorry, I've not archived the beginning of the thread, but if I remember 
correctly the original poster was asking something about using fvwm 
remotely under VNC.

That's nothing to do with .xinitrc or alike.

All what you have to do is to provide in the directory ~/.vnc a file 
called xstartup. A minimal version of such file could just be 

#!/bin/sh
xsetroot -solid blue
fvwm &

and then do all your desktop configuration in ~/.fvwm/.fvwmrc

I arranged this for a retired colleague which uses VNC from a remote site 
to have a desktop running here so that he can read journals from our 
server.

If one wishes one can put other applications in xstartup, but I find 
easier and more elegant to let fvwm do it itself.

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