Looks like (from /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, which execs /etc/X11/Xsession) that the default is ~/.xsession, and I had used ln -s to ~/.Xsession, so I'll give that a quick try. Would you be able to track down where I would find the relevant init scripts by any chance?
>> Nothing. I even did a cold reboot. It seems as if .xinitrc isn't actally >> being executed on startup, because 'sh .xinitrc' gets everything running great. > > Might depend on your system config, I've never fully understood the difference > between ~/.xinitrc, ~/.xsession, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, etc. mostly because > each window manager's init script seems to treat the files differently. > > I'm not running XDM (just "startx" from the command line) and my ~/.xinitrc > works fine. If it's not working for you you'll probably need to track down > where exactly Awesome is being loaded from and look there for details. I know > the default Awesome initscripts (at least on my distro) don't run ~/.xsession > at startup (where I think you normally put your startup commands) so I had to > write my own ~/.xinitrc which ran the .xsession file then the system-wide Awesome one (/etc/X11/Sessions/awesome for me.) > >> FYI, I'm running Debian Squeeze (well, technically Crunchbang >> Statler). > > Sounds painful ;-) > > Cheers, > Adam. > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
