Re: .Xresources for xless
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:27:55AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:07:35AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > Running up-to-date Buster here, amd64: > > Linux debian.localdomain 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1+deb10u1 > > (2020-04-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > I have moved to a display manager (wmd), so is my xrdb ~/.Xresources line > > (xrdb ~/.Xresources) in .xinitrc being called into the loop, so to speak? > > You can use "xrdb -query" to find out. > > In general, I would *not* expect ~/.xinitrc to be used by a display > manager login. Even when you were presumably using startx, you were > supposed to have moved the ~/.xinitrc to ~/.xsession decades ago. > > The ~/.xsession file is used by traditional display manager logins (xdm) > as well as by Debian's startx. Ahah! Finally! After 7 years of twisty little mazes, the _real_ reason his `.bashrc` would not load, was revealed to his tired and dungeon weary eyes. He cracked out The One in a faint and final hope of Success At Last™©®, and before he knew what was happening...
Re: .Xresources for xless
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:07:35AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Sorry to be all over the court here. I am an older um gentleman, and I am on a I take it an "um gentleman" means "übér mènsche" :) That sounds rather awesome actually... > -- > A test of right and wrong must be the means, one would > think, of ascertaining what is right or wrong, and not a > consequence of having already ascertained it. > > J. S. Mill Now that's gold!
Re: .Xresources for xless
On Ma, 07 iul 20, 10:07:35, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Running up-to-date Buster here, amd64: > Linux debian.localdomain 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1+deb10u1 > (2020-04-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux > > I have moved to a display manager (wmd), so is my xrdb ~/.Xresources line > (xrdb ~/.Xresources) in .xinitrc being called into the loop, so to speak? Your ~/.Xresources should be read automatically by Debian's X session, without any additional configuration. If this is not the case please provide more information on your Window Manager / Desktop Environment and the full contents of ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession and ~/.xsessionrc (if they exist). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: .Xresources for xless
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:07:35AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Running up-to-date Buster here, amd64: > Linux debian.localdomain 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1+deb10u1 > (2020-04-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux > > I have moved to a display manager (wmd), so is my xrdb ~/.Xresources line > (xrdb ~/.Xresources) in .xinitrc being called into the loop, so to speak? You can use "xrdb -query" to find out. In general, I would *not* expect ~/.xinitrc to be used by a display manager login. Even when you were presumably using startx, you were supposed to have moved the ~/.xinitrc to ~/.xsession decades ago. The ~/.xsession file is used by traditional display manager logins (xdm) as well as by Debian's startx.
.Xresources for xless
Running up-to-date Buster here, amd64: Linux debian.localdomain 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1+deb10u1 (2020-04-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux I have moved to a display manager (wmd), so is my xrdb ~/.Xresources line (xrdb ~/.Xresources) in .xinitrc being called into the loop, so to speak? Or is there another location for that data that is more wmd-friendly? Also, if someone could share an xless .Xresources line I would be very grateful. Is that /etc/X11/app-defaults/XLess file doing me any good? Sorry to be all over the court here. I am an older um gentleman, and I am on a lot of medication right now, with only a little bit of that for psych issues! Thank you. -- A test of right and wrong must be the means, one would think, of ascertaining what is right or wrong, and not a consequence of having already ascertained it. J. S. Mill
