What do you use? xdm or startx?
if you use xdm - you should use .xsession instead
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:32:05 +0000
Chris <atst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but
> it's not working. Every time I press ALT-CRTL-Backspace and log back
> again, I get landed on fvwm. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
> The same .xinitrc works on another box running bash shell for a
> normal user.
>
> My shell is ksh, user chris is a normal user (user's group is "user").
> The .xinitrc file is owned by chris:user
> and has permission: -rw-r--r--
>
> Here's my .xinitrc file:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
> usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
> sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
> sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
>
>
> if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb -merge $sysresources
> fi
>
> if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap $sysmodmap
> fi
>
> if [ -f $userresources ]; then
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb -merge $userresources
> fi
>
> if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xmodmap $usermodmap
> fi
>
> if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc ]
> then
> . $HOME/.bashrc
> fi
>
> if [ -f $HOME/.muttrc ]
> then
> . $HOME/.muttrc
> fi
>
> id1=$HOME/.ssh/identity
> id2=$HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
> id3=$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
> if [ -x /usr/bin/ssh-agent ] && [ -f $id1 -o -f $id2 -o -f $id3 ];
> then
> eval `ssh-agent -s`
> ssh-add < /dev/null
> fi
>
> /usr/local/bin/scrotwm
>
> if [ "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]; then
> ssh-add -D < /dev/null
> eval `ssh-agent -s -k`
> fi
> xidle -delay 3 -sw -program "/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock -mode bat" -timeout
> 5
>
> --
>
> I have also tried /usr/local/bin/scrotwm & and exec
> /usr/local/bin/scrotwm & but no luck.
>
> Thanks.
>
--
With best regards,
Gregory Edigarov
