> How X starts up can be a mystery. I use "startx" which uses my > ~/.xsession. Others do the same and report ~/.xsession is ignored in > favour of ~/.xinitrc. > > With that in mind, change the file in question. The first line should > be: > > #!/bin/bash --login > > which will make it a login shell, and your bash startup files will be > sourced. The file in question must be made executable (ie., chmod 755 ~/.xsession). >
Hmmm. Tried that, didn't work with either xsession or xinitrc. I spent some time wading through the startup scripts and it looked like I am supposed to be using .xsession. There's also an .xsession-errors file in my home directory that seems to be freshly updated on each login. Here are the contents: /etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: running: sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l :0 acs /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/login.defs for option UMASK /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: /etc/login.defs: "UMASK" is "022" /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/login.defs for option ULIMIT /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/login.defs for option MAIL_DIR /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: /etc/login.defs: "MAIL_DIR" is "/var/mail" /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: using /etc/X11/Xsession.options for options SESSION_MANAGER=local/newton:/tmp/.ICE-unix/17355 any other ideas? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
