.xinitrc and .xsession ignored

Whitman · 09-15-2005, 08:40 PM

I'm running Debian Etch, my window manager is fluxbox and my display manager is gdm.

I want to run some commands when I log in so I've tried adding the commands to both .xinitrc and .xsession but they both seem to get ignored.

An example of the files would be:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

xset b off &
xset s off &
xset s noblank &

I've tried prefixing each line with 'exec' and tried removing the & from each line but still the files seem to be ignored. Am I missing something obvious or just doing something wrong?

Thanks.

chipmonk010 · 09-16-2005, 06:41 PM

i beleive xinitrc only gets called upon if your using startx to load x n fluxbox your better off using the ~/.fluxbox/apps

add these lines to that file

[startup] {xset b off &}
...blah..
..blah....

now im not sure what exactly 'xset b off' does but this should work for programs you want to start with fluxbox.

anywho try that n see if it works

otoomet · 09-18-2005, 01:11 PM

Is your .xsession executable?

gdm looks for ~/.xsession and executes it, if possilbe, AFAIR (I have sarge, though). In my setup it is .xsession which actually starts WM. Have you figured out how fluxbox is started in your case?

BTW, you may call login-shell in .xsession if you want as

#!/bin/bash --login

Best,
Ott