In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes : >Hi >I installed fvwm95 and everything worked fine. But I decided to installed >more windows managers and now all I get is a single xterm with no menus. >I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what goes on what file. At >this point I don't know the difference between .xinitrc and xsession. Can >someone tell me whichone I'm supposse to use?
.xinitrc works with startx and xsession works with xdm. I have them
hard-linked
so that I get the same whichever way I get into X.
>I tried adding and deleting my .xinitrc and .xsession from /root to see if
>I could get the global defaults. But nothing changed. My files get
>ignored no matter what I put in them. What can I do to find out what I'm
>not getting any window managers?
1. Using xdm
If you are running xdm (that is, you see a login screen in X) look at the
configuration files in /etc/X11 and /etc/X11/xdm. /etc/X11/config has some
options that may be affecting you; mine looks like this:
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# This file contains configuration flags for the X Window System.
# For a description of the meanings of the flags, see
# /usr/doc/X11/debian.README
run-xconsole
obey-nologin
allow-user-resources
allow-user-modmap
allow-user-xsession
allow-failsafe
start-xdm
no-xdm-start-server
===============================================
You have to have allow-user-resources for your .xsession file to
be executed.
My .xsession looks like this:
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#!/bin/sh
export PATH MANPATH PGPPATH XAUTHORITY PAGER KDEDIR LD_LIBRARY_PATH
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xmodmap $usermodmap
fi
# set up the environment
export HOSTDISPLAY=linda:0.0
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin/X11:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin/mh:
/usr/lib/games:/usr/uv/bin:$HOME/bin:.
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/pgsql/man
XAUTHORITY=/home/olly/.Xauthority
PGPPATH=/home/olly/.pgp
PAGER=less
KDEDIR=/usr/local
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
export PATH MANPATH PGPPATH XAUTHORITY PAGER KDEDIR LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# Get the Backspace key to work properly
xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
# start some nice programs
#xfishtank -m 50 &
#xearth -rot 22.5 -pos "orbit 1.6 90" -wait 60 -ncolors 24 -gamma 1.6 &
xscreensaver -timeout 5 -cycle 5 -nice 20 -lock -lock-timeout 2 &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -sb -sl 500 -ls -j -geometry 80x20+510-0 &
xterm -sb -sl 500 -ls -j -geometry 80x66+0+0 &
xpostit -geometry 70x80+1200+60 &
xconsole -file /dev/xconsole -exitOnFail -geometry 500x80+600+0 &
/usr/sbin/dctrl &
# Start the window manager
exec fvwm2 >fvwm.stdout 2>fvwm.stderr
#exec kwm >kwm.stdout 2>kwm.stderr
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2. Using startx
Use .xinitrc instead of .xsession. it is exactly the same as .xsession as
shown
above. /etc/X11/config also needs allow-user-xsession.
.xinitrc and .xsession have to be executable
3. /etc/X11/window-managers
If the default scripts run, instead of your own scripts, the first window
manager listed in /etc/X11/window-managers is run. If this is not working,
there may be some problem with its set up or its path.
Read /usr/doc/xbase/debian.README for more information.
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Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Isle of Wight http://homepages.enterprise.net/olly
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