On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Ralf Comtesse wrote:
> Hi, > > I just installed KDE from ftp.kde.org. It is the slink version. My box > is running potato. The main problem at the moment is, that on startup > neither my .Xdefaults nor my .xinitrc is read. > > I applied the changes to /etc/X11/Xsession as described in the kdm > pages. But the defaults or inits are not read. Saying that, I am not > quite sure about that, either, since "ls -l" on my .xsession-errors > shows the actual date. But the logs show only the last entries, so I do > not know, what commands are executed. > > So: > > 1. Am I missing sth? What do I have to do to read .Xdefaults of .xinitrc The best solution I've found: Create an applink in Desktop/Autostart (i.e. New->Application). In the Execute line put xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults and another one for .xinitrc. By the way, xrdb -merge does not work well, xrdb -load is ok. Sergey.