Xucaen wrote: > Hi all.. > thanks foir all your help, because of you I > figured it out. > > for some reason, fvwm starts automatically (I > haven't figured out why) > and when I created my .xsession, fvwm no longer > loaded, so I had to load it myself from my > .xsession script. > so now my last line of my .xsession is: > exec fvwm & > and all is well. :-) > > does anyone know why creating .xsession causes > fvwm to NOT load anymore? I'd really like to know > why
Without the $HOME/.xsession file the realstartup=x-window-manager, which links to /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager (run update-alternatives -- config x-window-manager to see your selections), in your case the default selection is fvwm. With the .xsession file the realstartup=$HOME/.xsession. This is from my reading of the script in: file:/etc/X11/Xsession.d/50xfree86-common_determine-startup -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~