On Saturday, Nov 15, 2003, at 06:38 US/Eastern, Martin Costabel wrote:
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source /sw/bin/init.csh exec gnome-session
or
source /sw/bin/init.csh metacity & exec gnome-session
The above were recommended lines to include in a .xinitrc file, in this case for a fink user having problems initiating a gnome session. I have the (same) source line in my .cshrc file, not in my .xinitrc file.
My questions:
1) Is it better to source the shell in one .*rc file rather than the other? Does fink have a preference? Does XDarwin?
2) Any suggestions for configuration options?
If the answer is, "It depends on your system and your configuration," then here's some information.
Fink: [localhost:~] jamesd% fink --version Package manager version: 0.16.2 Distribution version: 0.6.1.cvs
X:
i system-xfree86- 4.2-3 Placeholder: XFree86 4.2.x and Apple X11 b...
i system-xfree86- 1.0-1 (place-holder package for upgrading broken...
i xfree86 4.3.0-15 XFree86 distribution
i xfree86-shlibs 4.3.0-15 XFree86 distribution
XDarwin 4.3.0 installed via fink. I tried to force-remove the system-xfree* and other packages when I removed Apple's X11 beta 3, but fink told me I didn't have the packages installed. I'm sure I did something wrong, but once I installed the upgraded xfree packages, I didn't notice any conflicts, and haven't gotten around to attempting the force-remove again.
I'm using 10.2.8, and running a very generic fvwm2 - "very generic" because I haven't had the time to configure it since I downloaded it two or three days ago.
.cshrc: source /sw/bin/init.csh
.xinitrc: #!/bin/sh # $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then xrdb -merge $sysresources fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then xmodmap $sysmodmap fi
if [ -f $userresources ]; then xrdb -merge $userresources fi
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then xmodmap $usermodmap fi
# start some nice programs
exec fvwm2 & xchat & exec xterm -geometry 80x40+0+0 -name login
Other than removing the xclock and the generic (unnamed) xterm, and executing xchat, I'm using the standard .xinitrc copied from /usr/X11R6/etc/xinit/.
Pointers to other resources that I can read without wasting your time are welcome. I've read and re-read the FAQs, googled around a bit, and browsed mailing list archives, but may have missed something.
Thanks, y'all -
James Dasher
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