On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 04:17:21PM +0000, Brian wrote: > On Sat 08 Nov 2014 at 06:02:00 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > Do you have a reference about .xinitrc vs. .xsession? > > Lots. :). Fortunately, startx(1) has now been altered to read: > > Note that in the Debian system, what many people traditionally put in the > .xini‐ > trc file should go in .xsession instead; this permits the same X > environment to > be presented whether startx, xdm, or xinit is used to start the X > session. All > discussion of the .xinitrc file in the xinit(1) manual page applies equally > well > to .xsession. Keep in mind that .xinitrc is used only by xinit(1) and > com‐ > pletely ignored by xdm(1). Thanks, that is very helpful. Now, for the first time, I'm looking through the shell scripts in /etc/X11. A lot of stuff related to input methods is here.
> Basically, the files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d are not used with .xinitrc. Perhaps this applies to login managers such as xdm, gdm, not startx? According to the comment in /etc/X11/Xsession, which loads the runs the scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d: # global Xsession file -- used by display managers and xinit (startx) And /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: # global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx) # invoke global X session script . /etc/X11/Xsession It's not obvious to me what the initial dot '.' accomplishes. Kind regards, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141108171641.GA26637@sprite
