On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 07:06:44PM -0500, Will Lowe wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I tried to send this earlier, but i don't think anything got out. > > > > After reinstalling, my .xsession file isn't run. I've looked in the man > > pages for x and xdm, but they don't say anything about permissions other > > than > > to be executable. I've tried 700, but this doesn't seem to do it. > > try softlinking .xinitrc to .xsession ... I have one pointing to the other > on my machine, and I can't remember which one it is that actually gets > used, but it's working fine.
IIRC, .xinitrc is for startx, .xsession is for xdm logins. It's usually most useful to link them together as you suggest. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
