On Monday, October 08, 2001 8:49 PM, egm2@jps.net wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:27:49 -0400 (EDT), Alexander N Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Eric G. Miller wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:03:58 -0400 (EDT), Alexander N Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > My .xinitrc file does not seem to run when I start a blackbox session form > > > > > > Rename it to ~/.xsession. > > > > > > > Thanks; I tried that, but still nothing happens. Any other ideas, please? > > Maybe you could clarify. Does blackbox get started? Does some other > window manager get started? Does nothing happen? I'm not too familiar > with kdm these days, does it give you an option about what type of > session to start? If so, did you choose "Xsession" or "Debian"? With KDM, the ~/.xsession is run only when you choose a "default" session type from the login screen. ~/.xinitrc is ignored as far as I can tell. In the past, I have modified the KDM session scripts so they source an init script from the user's home regardless of the session type. Regards, -=greg
