.xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Chris
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

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread neal hogan
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:32:05AM +, Chris 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

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Gregory Edigarov
What do you use? xdm or startx? if you use xdm - you should use .xsession instead On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:32:05 + 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

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:32:05AM +, Chris 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

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Peter Hessler
ln -s .xinitrc .xsession On 2009 Aug 19 (Wed) at 11:32:05 + (+), Chris 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

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez
keep it simple. #!/bin/sh # exec scrotwm # #exec /usr/X11R6/bin/scrotwm # 2009/8/19 Joachim Schipper joac...@joachimschipper.nl: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:32:05AM +, Chris wrote: I am trying to get a new wm (scrotwm) and added it to .xinitrc but it's not working. Every time I press

Re: .xinitrc and new window manager not loading

2009-08-19 Thread Chris
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Peter Hesslerphess...@theapt.org wrote: ln -s .xinitrc .xsession On 2009 Aug 19 (Wed) at 11:32:05 + (+), Chris 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