On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 21:21 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kernel 2.6.17 and Etch are installed here > and startx invokes xfce, all OK. > > But how does startx find xfce rather than > xpdf or another X client? man startx > remarks that it looks for ".xinitrc in the > user's home directory. If that is not > found, it uses the file xinitrc in the > xinit library directory." > > There is no .xinitrc.
Debian uses .xsession. For example, my .xsession file contains: /usr/bin/startxfce4 So my default desktop environment is Xfce. My wife doesn't have an .xsession file in her home directory, so her default is Gnome. > > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc merely invokes > /etc/X11/xsession and this contains no > reference to xfce. > > Thanks, ... Peter E. > > > Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ > > -- Szia: Nyizsa. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
