[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kernel 2.6.17 and Etch are installed here > and startx invokes xfce, all OK. > > But how does startx find xfce rather than > xpdf or another X client? man startx > remarks that it looks for ".xinitrc in the > user's home directory. If that is not > found, it uses the file xinitrc in the > xinit library directory." > > There is no .xinitrc. > > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc merely invokes > /etc/X11/xsession and this contains no > reference to xfce. > The file "/etc/X11/Xsession" includes all files in directory "/etc/X11/Xsession.d", among others the file "50x11-common_determine-startup". In this file it is first tried to use "$HOME/.xsession" or "$HOME/.Xsession" if allowed in "/etc/X11/Xsession.options" and if still nothing is found it tries "/usr/bin/x-session-mangager", "/usr/bin/x-window-mangager", and finally "/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator".
Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
