Guest jglen490 Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 The problem is that .xinitrc is not read if you start your session from the display manager (KDM, GDM), ie: runlevel 5..xinitrc is only read when you start your session from the console, with the startx or xinit command. Yves. You are absolutely correct. I don't auto<anything> when going into my Linux space. If I didn't make that clear, I apologize. But as I said, there's more than one way to get something done in Linux. I start every Linux session in runlevel 3 (Mandrake 8.2). When I'm ready, I do a startx and go into IceWM via .xinitrc. I can also do a KDE3 and get into KDE 3.0.1, because the KDE3 installation process left a "KDE3" alias. I don't remember what convoluted path that takes to get into KDE, and I'm not at my Linux box, but it's not via my ~/.xinitrc. That's what I like about Linux, it's always interesting :D :D :D ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted December 20, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 Hey .. lots of post !! That's cool guys, I learned all the stuff behind .xinitrc file Now, if you have any clue about my second question, don't be shy .. :roll: :lol: MottS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jglen490 Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 Sorry, not a clue about your second question. You might find something at icewm.sourceforge.net, or icewm.org. Maybe there's a mailing list or discussion group, or some resource over there. Or maybe you could write a fix in the source code. Good luck to you :D ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 For proof that an .xinitrc works with autologin, and to answer my question about xinit being what is used by autologin.... ps auxf /bin/sh /etc/X11/prefdm root 788 0.0 0.5 2204 1096 ? S 16:51 0:00 _ /usr/sbin/autologin bvc9 844 0.0 0.6 2384 1236 ? S 16:51 0:00 _ /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx bvc9 855 0.0 0.3 2160 604 ? S 16:51 0:00 _ xinit /home/bvc9/.xinitrc -- -deferglyphs 16 root 856 0.6 8.9 282540 17156 ? RL 16:51 1:01 _ /etc/X11/X :0 -deferglyphs 16 bvc9 1046 0.0 0.6 2372 1212 ? S 16:51 0:00 _ /bin/bash /home/bvc9/.xinitrc bvc9 1047 0.0 0.6 2364 1196 ? S 16:51 0:00 _ /bin/bash /home/bvc9/.xinitrc bvc9 1074 0.0 2.7 10644 5320 ? S 16:51 0:00 | _ gkrellm -w bvc9 1049 0.0 0.6 2364 1196 ? S 16:51 0:00 _ /bin/bash /home/bvc9/.xinitrc bvc9 1113 0.0 3.3 13964 6396 ? S 16:51 0:01 | _ gnome-settings-daemon bvc9 1075 0.0 1.4 4648 2796 ? S 16:51 0:04 _ fluxbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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