Because it's geekier and because I'd like my laptop not always to start with X, I figured I try creating a startx script. So far, it kind of works.
startx.sh looks like this: #!/bin/bash /usr/openwin/bin/xinit ~/manualX.xinitrc -- /usr/X11/bin/Xorg :0 And manualX.xinitrc: /usr/bin/gnome-session This starts a working desktop environment under my usual account. However there are some things that do not work correctly. First of all, every window has an overlay attached to the bottom left, telling me the locale, like this: [ English/European ]. How do I get rid of this? Then, my volume control in Gnome suddenly doesn't work anymore. I suppose there are some additional things I need to throw into the xinitrc, but I'm not sure what. Thanks for any help, -mg
