Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 01:26:57 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Anthony Abby <anthonyabby@aplusdata.com> Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: .xinitrc vs .xsession Message-ID: <20020903232656.GA75238@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <1031091529.19209.8.camel@laptop.aplusdata.com> References: <20020903181611.K38772-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <1031091529.19209.8.camel@laptop.aplusdata.com>
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On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 06:18:48PM -0400, Anthony Abby wrote: > 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. The other way around. .xinitrc is used by startx, while .xsession is used by xdm. This is described in the manpages for xdm(1) and startx(1). -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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