On (08/10/06 08:08), Peter Easthope wrote: > Incidentally, I've not monkeyed with any of the > scripts. They are just as installed. > > At Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:56:38 -0500 Mumia W. Paduille said, > Debian uses its "alternatives" system. Startx (probably) invokes > /usr/X11/.../xinitrc which (probably) invokes /usr/bin/x-session-manager > which links to /etc/alternatives/x-session-manger which links to > xfce4-session. > > There is no /usr/X11/ here. /usr/X11R6 exists. Perhaps > your system was built a few months earlier than mine. > > "which startx" reports /usr/bin/startx which > defines > sysclientrc = /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc > which invokes /etc/X11/Xsession > which defines a bunch of X related variables such as > OPTIONFILE=/etc/X11/Xsession.options > > At which point there are so many possibilities that > I lose track. Seems that the only practical way to > understand, is to make each suspect script report it's > own invocation to a console or log. By adding a line > such as this for example. > > echo "/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc invoked" >> ?.log > > **** Someone please tell me how to do this properly. **** > > At Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:40:06 +0100 Clive Menzies said, > > I think you'll find it in your home directory: .Xsession > > There is a .Xauthority and a .xsession-errors. > /home/peter/.Xsession does not exist here. > > At Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:39:46 +0200 Nyizsnyik Ferenc said, > > Debian uses .xsession. For example, my .xsession file contains: > > /usr/bin/startxfce4 > > nf> So my default desktop environment is Xfce. My wife doesn't have > nf> an .xsession file in her home directory, so her default is Gnome. > > There is no /home/peter/.xsession here and the default > GUI remains Xfce. > > Any slightly perceptive observer will inevitably wonder > whether all the indirection and other complexity is > necessary or even beneficial. Does anyone ever think > of building an efficient GUI for Linux?
I guess what you've described is the open source development model in action. For those who want a straight GUI solution you've got KDE, Gnome (and maybe XFCE) which require little CLI configuration. Then you have the lean, mean window managers: fluxbox, fvwm etc. and a range in between. Whilst they all do a similar job, they can differ enormously in their approach which includes configuration. When you start mixing them together is where complexities arise. I suspect all you need to do is create an .xsession file in your home directory - mine's for fluxbox and looks like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat .Xsession gkrellm & firefox & mutt & exec fluxbox # exec fvwm-crystal Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
