What do you use? xdm or startx? if you use xdm - you should use .xsession instead
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:32:05 +0000 Chris <atst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but > it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back > again, I get landed on fvwm. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. > The same .xinitrc works on another box running bash shell for a > normal user. > > My shell is ksh, user chris is a normal user (user's group is "user"). > The .xinitrc file is owned by chris:user > and has permission: -rw-r--r-- > > Here's my .xinitrc file: > > #!/bin/sh > userresources=$HOME/.Xresources > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources > sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap > > > if [ -f $sysresources ]; then > /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb -merge $sysresources > fi > > if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then > /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap $sysmodmap > fi > > if [ -f $userresources ]; then > /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb -merge $userresources > fi > > if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then > /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap $usermodmap > fi > > if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc ] > then > . $HOME/.bashrc > fi > > if [ -f $HOME/.muttrc ] > then > . $HOME/.muttrc > fi > > id1=$HOME/.ssh/identity > id2=$HOME/.ssh/id_dsa > id3=$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa > if [ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent ] && [ -f $id1 -o -f $id2 -o -f $id3 ]; > then > eval `ssh-agent -s` > ssh-add < /dev/null > fi > > /usr/local/bin/scrotwm > > if [ "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then > ssh-add -D < /dev/null > eval `ssh-agent -s -k` > fi > xidle -delay 3 -sw -program "/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock -mode bat" -timeout > 5 > > -- > > I have also tried /usr/local/bin/scrotwm & and exec > /usr/local/bin/scrotwm & but no luck. > > Thanks. > -- With best regards, Gregory Edigarov