-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 01:45:04PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 16 Aug 2015 at 14:04:18 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:31:32PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > > > This file is a non-Debian file. It is not needed for the simple task at > > > hand. I doubt it would ever be needed. > > > > That's right: according to Debian Policy, files in /etc are the sysadmin's > > realm. That's me, on my machine :-) > > The OP is trying to accomplish something which is within the rights of a > user. What advantage is to be gained from using the root account?
Yeah -- there's a point to that. As already said, there are several ways to skin that cat. *I* wanted the system-wide X setup to honour the user- provided .Xmodmap, instead of having each user call that from the .xinitrc. [...] > > > bri...@aracnet.com has give a good account of how to use a ~/.xsession. > > > Unfortunately, it is probably not suitable to put xmodmap commands (or > > > any other commands) in it without starting a window manager also. > > > > Should work too (my file is called ~/.xsessionrc, though) > > I feel as though I'm missing something here. :) Just a typ-o or read-o. Ignore :) To the rest -- I think we basically agree on tech and disagree on taste :) Regards - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlXQlCoACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaj3gCfSSIfSaJWrxReH46CjsfFMzAf ++sAn1s+ZVg9BcTr3Ap50XJqsPCZSrW/ =16b1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
