On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 04:20:15PM +0100, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > @ Brian, here is my formal .xsession (currently .xsessionrc) file:
I assume you meant "former". > ==========================cut here======================== > #!/bin/bash > xsetbg background1.png > rclock -fg white -bg black -fn > "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-16" -geometry > 98x95+1817+23 & > eval `ssh-agent -s` > xrdb -m .Xresources > xrdb -m .Xdefaults > xmodmap .xmodmap > ssh-add -c > setroot -solid steelblue1 > xsetbg background2.png > ( sleep 2 ; /home/mugurel/bin/*ncepe ) & > fvwm2 > ==========================cut here======================== An .xsessionrc file should NOT invoke the window manager or session manager. .xsessionrc is read *in addition* to (before) the code that runs your chosen, or the default, session or window manager. An .xsession file SHOULD invoke a window manager or session manager, because it completely replaces the system-wide stuff. But only if you use a "Debian X session". Not if you use a GNOME session, or anything else. In those cases, your .xsession file may be completely ignored.
