On 27-11-2018, at 13h 52'25", Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote about "issues with
stretch, issue 2 from many"
> Dear all,
[...]
> Question 2.1: Why .xsession is not read and .xsessionrc is read?
> Question 2.2: Who starts the second call of fvwm? If I comment out the
>
On Mon 03 Dec 2018 at 08:52:06 (+1300), Richard Hector wrote:
> On 1/12/18 5:49 AM, Brian wrote:
> ...
> >> fvwm2
> >> ==cut here
> > My .xsession has "exec fvwm" as the last line but I do not think that
> > makes your choice incorrect.
>
> The diffe
On 1/12/18 5:49 AM, Brian wrote:
...
>> fvwm2
>> ==cut here
> My .xsession has "exec fvwm" as the last line but I do not think that
> makes your choice incorrect.
The difference is presumably that the former calls fvwm2 and then
returns to the shell
On Fri 30 Nov 2018 at 16:20:15 (+0100), Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote:
> On 27-11-2018, at 13h 52'25", Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote about "issues with
> stretch, issue 2 from many"
> > I have issues with stretch, to many to count...
> > This one wi
On Fri 30 Nov 2018 at 16:20:15 +0100, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote:
> On 27-11-2018, at 13h 52'25", Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote about "issues with
> stretch, issue 2 from many"
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I have issues with stretch, to many to count...
&
On Fri 30 Nov 2018 at 10:58:52 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
[...]
> Now, please answer the following questions:
>
> 1) What version of Debian are you running?
>
> 2) How do you log in to your computer? If it's by a display manager
>(graphical login), which one is it?
>
> 3) How do you star
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 0:59 Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> Now, please answer the following questions:
>
> 1) What version of Debian are you running?
>
> 2) How do you log in to your computer? If it's by a display manager
>(graphical login), which one is it?
>
> 3) How do you start the X window sy
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 04:43:04PM +0100, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote:
> Greg, I care less about what should and what should not. .xsession is
> ignored in stretch (but not before),
Not if you type startx. I login on the Linux text console in stretch,
and type startx, and my .xsession is used. J
On 30-11-2018, at 10h 25'17", Greg Wooledge wrote about "Re: issues with
stretch, issue 2 from many"
> 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 yo
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
On 27-11-2018, at 13h 52'25", Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote about "issues with
stretch, issue 2 from many"
> Dear all,
>
> I have issues with stretch, to many to count...
> This one will focus on the window manager startup.
> [...]
> Question 2.1: Why .xsessi
On Thu 29 Nov 2018 at 15:17:03 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 08:10:43PM +, Brian wrote:
> > How does ~/.xsessionrc assume such importance over ~/.xsession in the
> > grand scheme of X things?
>
> Because it's the only file that's guaranteed to be read no matter what
>
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 08:10:43PM +, Brian wrote:
> How does ~/.xsessionrc assume such importance over ~/.xsession in the
> grand scheme of X things?
Because it's the only file that's guaranteed to be read no matter what
kind of crazy nonstandard X session the user invokes (GNOME, I'm looking
On Wed 28 Nov 2018 at 20:18:25 +, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 27 Nov 2018 at 12:04:37 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > My understanding is .xsessionrc was created in order to give users a
> > modicum of control over their own lives if they happen to use GNOME.
>
> It doesn't say that i
On Tue 27 Nov 2018 at 12:04:37 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
[...]
> My understanding is .xsessionrc was created in order to give users a
> modicum of control over their own lives if they happen to use GNOME.
It doesn't say that in #411639.
[...]
--
Brian.
On Tue 27 Nov 2018 at 13:52:25 +0100, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have issues with stretch, to many to count...
> This one will focus on the window manager startup.
>
> I did a fresh install of Debian stretch using net install disk.
> I use Debian (and Linux) from 1997. In all
On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:32:24AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > Question 2.1: Why .xsession is not read and .xsessionrc is read?
>
> Don't know. But you haven't posted how you start X.
He said he used "xdm and kdm", if I recall correctly. Sounds like he
is switching things around randomly and
On Tue 27 Nov 2018 at 13:52:25 (+0100), Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote:
> I have issues with stretch, to many to count...
> This one will focus on the window manager startup.
>
> I did a fresh install of Debian stretch using net install disk.
> I use Debian (and Linux) from 1997. In all this time I u
Dear all,
I have issues with stretch, to many to count...
This one will focus on the window manager startup.
I did a fresh install of Debian stretch using net install disk.
I use Debian (and Linux) from 1997. In all this time I used fvwm2 as
windows manager. I also used Unix in 1995-1996 with fvw
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