A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > Phil Brutsche wrote: > > > > It looks suspiciously like you're missing the file .xinitrc in your home > > directory. That's what tells X11 what window manager to use, and so on. > > > I am in that position and the message is that it cant find an .Xsession > file in the user home directory. I've not neither a .Xsession nor > .xinitrc file. I'd like to use Enlightenment as the wm and it didn't > seem to install one. Do any of the wm's make one? Where can I get a > sample of either?
This is a copy of my .xinitrc: #!/bin/sh xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace" xset +fp unix/:7100 xset fp rehash xset s off wmaker This same file will work just fine as a .Xsession. However, it needs the execute bits set for it to work as a .Xsession. This is what each command does: 1) Sets the keyboard mapping for the backspace key to behave like the backspace key and not the delete key 2 & 3) Adds a font server on my computer to the font path so I can use truetype fonts 4) Turns off the built-in screen blanker so that I can use xscreensaver or one of the KDE screen savers 5) Runs the WindowMaker window manager It's been my experience that the .xinitrc file is not automatically made - you need to write it yourself. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstien
