Re (2): startx vs. xdm

2012-07-31 Thread peasthope
From: Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 07:40:12 +1200 ... it says .xsessionrc is read by .xsession, yet I have no .xsession file. But from here: root@tal:~# file /usr/bin/startx /usr/bin/startx: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable which points to

Re (2): startx vs. xdm

2012-07-27 Thread peasthope
From: John L. Cunningham djoh...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:31:51 -0400 I would only note that startx and xdm don't necessarily look at the same startup files. xdm looks for .xsession and startx looks for .xinitrc. /home/peter/.xsession is non-existent and /home/peter/.xinitrc