Out of curiosity, I made .xinitrc a symlink to .xsession. Is this okay ?? Saves me from having to edit two files in case I change from using xdm or starting X with startx...
Regards Hall > xdm runs .xsessionrc, startx runs .xinitrc > > > On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Xucaen wrote: > > > Hi all. > > I added xsetroot -solid "#2f4f4f" to > > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc but nothing happened. > > > > I deleted it from xinitrc and added it to > > /etc/X11/xdm/xsetup_0 and it worked. > > > > is there any reason why xinitrc isn't read when X > > starts using xdm?