On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 09:35:57PM +0530, K. Ghosh wrote: > On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 09:12:39 +0900 > Archan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > edit ur $HOME/.xinitrc > > > > I don't have this file in my installation. Still, my GUI > method works fine. > ---end quoted text---
... that does not mean that your setup is okay. The leverage given to each user is through his/her own .xinitrc file. You have a system wide xinitrc which would run in case the per- sonal .xinitrc file is not found. This is usually located at /var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc. For that matter you don't even have to run the startx script to get into X ... typing "xinit" is enough ... but the script takes care of personal preferences of xresources and the like before firing xinit. If you have a .xinitrc, the WM there will be fired irrespec- tive of the setup of the system wide xinitrc file, and is the only apprach the user, has without having to ask the sysadmin for favours. Just for some clarification ... Bish -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : BASH and non-login shells LOST #099 For non login-in shells (like xterm and rxvt) under BASH, the file which gets read is ".bashrc". Settings in .bash_profile may not be otherwise effective under X. Copy contents of your .bash_profile to .bashrc to enable customised resources. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>######################################## : ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
