Re: startx and xfce

2006-10-09 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
[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

Re: startx and xfce

2006-10-09 Thread Zoran Kolic
> Just for interest, I want to understand how startx, > via several stages of indirection, starts xfce. I > appreciate the various suggestions but none have > been completely consistent with the system here. Does ".xinitrc" works? Zoran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: startx and xfce

2006-10-09 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/09/2006 01:14 AM, Peter Easthope wrote: Mumia, At Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:24:21 -0500 you said, What are you trying to do? Just for interest, I want to understand how startx, via several stages of indirection, starts xfce. I appreciate the various suggestions but none have been completely co

Re: Re: startx and xfce

2006-10-08 Thread Peter Easthope
Mumia, At Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:24:21 -0500 you said, What are you trying to do? Just for interest, I want to understand how startx, via several stages of indirection, starts xfce. I appreciate the various suggestions but none have been completely consistent with the system here. To be convinced

Re: startx and xfce

2006-10-08 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/08/2006 10:08 AM, Peter Easthope wrote: Mumia, Clive, Nyizsnyik and others, Incidentally, I've not monkeyed with any of the scripts. They are just as installed. At Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:56:38 -0500 Mumia W. Paduille said, Debian uses its "alternatives" system. Startx (probably) invokes /u

Re: startx and xfce

2006-10-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/10/06 08:08), Peter Easthope wrote: > Incidentally, I've not monkeyed with any of the > scripts. They are just as installed. > > At Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:56:38 -0500 Mumia W. Paduille said, > Debian uses its "alternatives" system. Startx (probably) invokes > /usr/X11/.../xinitrc which (prob

Re: Re: startx and xfce

2006-10-08 Thread Peter Easthope
Mumia, Clive, Nyizsnyik and others, Incidentally, I've not monkeyed with any of the scripts. They are just as installed. At Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:56:38 -0500 Mumia W. Paduille said, Debian uses its "alternatives" system. Startx (probably) invokes /usr/X11/.../xinitrc which (probably) invokes /us

Re: startx and xfce

2006-09-28 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
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 directo

Re: startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/24/2006 11:21 PM, [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

Re: startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:21:35 -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 direct

Re: startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/09/06 21:21), [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

startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread shark
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 libra