Incoming from Adam Siepel: > > ~/.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 > > 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?
dpkg -r gdm nohup startx & exit apt-get update apt-get install fluxbox :-) I grew fed up first with kde and then gnome because I found I had absolutely no control over what they did. Now, I run fluxbox. If I want it to work differently, I edit a text file. This is the way it should be, IMHO. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
