Brian wrote:
> Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > I prefer:
> > > ,[ ~/.xsession ]
> > > | #!/bin/bash --login
> > > | exec x-session-manager
> > > `
> > >
> > > And VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ABOVE then be sure to:
> > >
> > > chmod a+x ~/.xsession
> >
> > This looks like an
On Wed 11 Dec 2013 at 11:15:11 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 12/11/13, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
> > I prefer:
> >
> > ,[ ~/.xsession ]
> > | #!/bin/bash --login
> > | exec x-session-manager
> > `
> >
> > And VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ABOVE then be sure to:
> >
> > chmod a+x ~/.xsession
>
On 12/11/13, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Paul E Condon wrote:
>> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> > Most display managers don't source ~/.profile (or /etc/profile). I tried
> I prefer:
>
> ,[ ~/.xsession ]
> | #!/bin/bash --login
> | exec x-session-manager
> `
>
> And VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ABOVE then be
BG Lim wrote:
>
> Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx or xdm?
>
> BG
>
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FWIW,
I used to start X with XDM which is much more powerful but one day I
moved my hard disk on a different system and XD
> Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx or xdm?
you don't really have a choice ... startx (and xinit) use .xinitrc, and
xdm uses .xsession.
One simple trick is to make one of those files and make the other a
symlink to it.
BG Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
BL> Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx
BL> or xdm?
startx uses .xinitrc; xdm uses .xsession.
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BG Lim wrote:
>
> Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx or xdm?
>
> BG
>
Its not so much that one is better than another, rather they do things
differently. xdm is run during system boot so that users never see a
command line, they get a graphical (X) logi
Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx or xdm?
BG
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