On Wed 11 Nov 2015 at 15:28:25 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 02:51:30PM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote: > > [...] > > > "man startx" tells us that startx is a frontend to xinit. It also > > states that configuration should be done in ".xsession". So, open > > the file "~/.xsession" in your favourite editor (nano is a good > > beginners editor). In that, try something like the following: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > xterm & > > openbox > > Yep: perhaps that's an even better avenue than what I proposed :-)
Using a ~/.xsession is only better if the user wants complete control over the window manager (and programs) used when the X server is started. Leaving everything in the hands of the system should still produce a running WM.