On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 05:33:59PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Ok I still trying to locate the file needed to change so I can start Gnome > from the console. In you email you said /.xinitrc. What the path to that > file. I did a locate .xinitrc and could find it. Have any idea's?
It doesn't exist by default. Simply create one in your home directory. But, Debian is set-up to ~/.xsession by default (the ~ means $HOME directory) and it'll work using both startx and xdm (and friends). Procedure: 1. Open a text editor (ae, joe, jed, pico, vi, vim, emacs, others..) 2. Type in these items (not the hyphens..) --------------------- #! /bin/sh exec gnome-session --------------------- 3. Save the file as /home/<your username>/.xsession 4. Quit the text editor. 5. type 'chmod +x ~/.xsession' at the prompt (make executable) 6. run startx Assumes you already have a working X system... -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.
