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From: Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [startx] Does not use $HOME/.xsession as documented.
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Package: xbase-clients
Version: 4.2.1-12.1
Severity: normal
Hi,
In several places users are instructed to use ~/.xsession instead of
~/.xinitrc including startx(1). However, when I run startx, it does not
use my .xsession at all. In fact the script does not contain the word
session anywhere:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ grep -i session /usr/bin/X11/startx
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ grep -i session /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$
It uses .xinitrc instead.
Thanks,
Norbert
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From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Bug#216970: [startx] Does not use $HOME/.xsession as documented.
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On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 05:52:56PM -0400, Norbert Veber wrote:
> Package: xbase-clients
> Version: 4.2.1-12.1
> Severity: normal
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> In several places users are instructed to use ~/.xsession instead of
> ~/.xinitrc including startx(1). However, when I run startx, it does not
> use my .xsession at all. In fact the script does not contain the word
> session anywhere:
>=20
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ grep -i session /usr/bin/X11/startx
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ grep -i session /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$=20
>=20
> It uses .xinitrc instead.
Yes, because you have one.
You *should* use .xsession instead of .xinitrc. If you choose not to,
startx works as documented in its manpage.
I'll also note that grepping is a pretty poor way to figure out how
startx works. I suggest reading the script instead. Also read
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc. Looks like you modified it from the
stock version, by the way:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -i session /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
# global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx)
# invoke global X session script
=2E /etc/X11/Xsession
Closing this bug.
--=20
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