I tried the Autostart directory before and ended up with the imwheelrc
text file opened. I will try again. I will also try the interactive
bootup suggestion made by Mssr. LaBine. However - as to my original
question : IF I wanted to enter the command (imwheel) into the .xinitrc
file, what format would it take and where would I locate it?
Pat the Rat
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> For GNOME, you can put the command (imwheel) into the startup section
> of the Control Centre. For KDE, there is an Autostart directory that
> runs everything in it at startup - just make a link there. If you use
> XFree86 4.x, the you don't need imwheel at all, just the XF86Config
> file settings.
>
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:53, Patrick wrote:
> > Okay, I'm not getting this right. How about a kick in the right
> > direction? I have edited the XF86Config file per the instructions I
> > have (ZaxisMapping 4 5, Protocol IMPS/2) from the MandrakeUser.org
> > pages. Tested it by running imwheel in konsole. Works fine. Now I
> > wish to have imwheel automatically during X startup. The
> > instructions (and the 3 books I have) are unclear on the following:
> >
> > "Restart X, run imwheel and everything should work fine. If it does,
> > you should add this command to your '.xinitrc' or '.xsessionrc' to
> > have it executed automatically on every X startup."
> >
> > Okay, no problem. Works fine. But - exactly WHAT command am I adding
> > to the .xinitrc file? I have tried imwheel, /etc/X11/imwheel,
> > /etc/X11/imwheelrc, exec imwheel, exec /etc/X11/imwheel. Does it
> > matter where I add it? Does it matter how I add it? What basic fact
> > am I missing here?
> >
> > Thankx
> >
> > Pat the Rat
>
> --
> Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
> LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
> -- Jeremy S. Anderson
