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Date:      Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:14:40 +0100 (CET)
From:      Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xwrapper doesn't use .xinitrc, or does it?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.62.0503211013020.5467@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
In-Reply-To: <20050320163928.H693@antec.home>
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Mikko Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Andreas Davour wrote:
>
>> I have just rebuilt my system and a few things aren't as they used to be=
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>> When I try to start X with Xwrapper no xterms or other windows appear.=
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>> Isn't Xwrapper starting the stuff in .xinitrc like "startx" used to do f=
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>> me (but wont do, since it no longer has the authority to do so)??
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>> Isn't there some documentation for Xwrapper somewhere?
>
> You want startx(1).  The .xinitrc file is read by "xinit", btw.

I used to start X using startx. Now it doesn't work for anybody but=20
root. Of course I can set "the bit" on the X image, but I guessed there=20
was a reason somebody invented Xwrapper.

/andreas

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