As far as I know, lightdm reads ~/.xsession at startup while xinit reads ~/.xinitrc. You could simply copy .xsession to .xinitrc and see what happens.
Good luck, Michael On Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:55:28 +0000 Me <obl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am running Arch Linux with the i3 window manager. Today I switched from > lightdm to xorg-xinit. I have read the available documentation, and > configured things so that startx will start and run the X server, and i3wm > runs fine after that. However, I have one very important problem that I > cannot find an answer to. > > I have a Nvidia GPU with proprietary drivers installed, and I have created > a file named 10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf in the > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. The contents of that conf file are > as follows: > > > Section "OutputClass" > Identifier "nvidia" > MatchDriver "nvidia-drm" > Driver "nvidia" > Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" > Option "Coolbits" "28" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > EndSection > > > > An important line in that file is the Option "Coolbits" "28" line, as it > allows me to set a custom fan speed for my GPU, which I need for these > warmer months. > > > When I use startx that conf file is not being read, it seems. It is > completely ignored, and I am unable to set a custom fan speed. > > Is there a conf file for xinit that I can use, create, or configure that > will access the 10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf file, so that the GPU will > run cooler via a custom fan speed? > > When using lightdm, it works like a charm. But as I say, xinit seems to > not see/read/access that file. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!! > > C.M.Millington > -- > Thank you! > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: %(user_address)s _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
