Date: 03 Sep 2002 18:18:48 -0400 From: Anthony Abby <anthonyabby@aplusdata.com> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: .xinitrc vs .xsession Message-ID: <1031091529.19209.8.camel@laptop.aplusdata.com> In-Reply-To: <20020903181611.K38772-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020903181611.K38772-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 18:18, Peter Leftwich wrote: > Or is it .XSession or .Xsession anyways... I am researching what the > difference is between ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession and so far have only found: > > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue28/tag_xdmthread.html > > ...as the best source (adding "site:gnome.org" to my Google search was only > mildly informative). Basically, is this site correct in saying that startx > people should have a ~/.xinitrc whereas those who use xdm should have a > ~/.xsession? > > I want to simplify, and also find a way to specify most of my setup (such > as window manager, placement of icons and files on the desktop etc) BEFORE > running startx (that is, by editing text and config files). Anyone? .session is used when using 'startx'. .xinitrc is used when using xdm. Anthony To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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