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I wanted to run some things when I start the xserver so I read putting them into the .xinitrc file would do this, but it doesn't seem to be working. I don't know if it would help but here is my .xinitrc, I've highlighted what I added to it:
Code:
#!/bin/sh



# fix broken $UID on some system...

if test "x$UID" = "x"; then

        if test -x /usr/xpg4/bin/id; then

                UID=`/usr/xpg4/bin/id -u`;

        else

                UID=`id -u`;

        fi

fi



# $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific 

# configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set 

# or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used.

if test "x$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" = "x" ; then

  XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config

fi

[ -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ] || mkdir "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"



# $XDG_CACHE_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific 

# non-essential data files should be stored. If $XDG_CACHE_HOME is either not 

# set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.cache should be used.

if test "x$XDG_CACHE_HOME" = "x" ; then

  XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.cache

fi

[ -d "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ] || mkdir "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"



# For now, start with an empty list

XRESOURCES=""



# Has to go prior to merging Xft.xrdb, as its the "Defaults" file

test -r $HOME/.Xdefaults && XRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xdefaults



BASEDIR=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xfce4

if test -r "$BASEDIR/Xft.xrdb"; then

  XRESOURCES="$XRESOURCES $BASEDIR/Xft.xrdb"

elif test -r "$XFCE4HOME/Xft.xrdb"; then

  mkdir -p "$BASEDIR"

  cp "$XFCE4HOME/Xft.xrdb" "$BASEDIR"/

  XRESOURCES="$XRESOURCES $BASEDIR/Xft.xrdb"

fi



# merge in X cursor settings

test -r "$BASEDIR/Xcursor.xrdb" && XRESOURCES="$XRESOURCES $BASEDIR/Xcursor.xrdb"



# ~/.Xresources contains overrides to the above

test -r "$HOME/.Xresources" && XRESOURCES="$XRESOURCES $HOME/.Xresources"



# load all X resources (adds /dev/null to avoid an empty list that would hang the process)

cat /dev/null $XRESOURCES | xrdb -nocpp -merge -



# load local modmap

test -r $HOME/.Xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap



# Launch xscreensaver (if available), but only as non-root user

test $UID -gt 0 -a -z "$VNCSESSION" && xscreensaver -no-splash &



# Use ssh-agent if installed and not already running.  Run it separately

# so it populates the environment here, so we can clean it up later.

sshagent=`which ssh-agent`

kill_sshagent=0

if test -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" -a "$sshagent" -a "x$sshagent" != "xno"; then

        eval `$sshagent -s`

        kill_sshagent=1

fi



# Use dbus-launch if installed.

if test x"$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" = x""; then

        dbuslaunch=`which dbus-launch`

        if test x"$dbuslaunch" != x"" -a x"$dbuslaunch" != x"no"; then

                eval `$dbuslaunch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`

        fi

fi



# Run xfce4-session if installed

xfcesm=`which xfce4-session`

case "x$xfcesm" in

        x|xno*)

                ;;

        *)

                $xfcesm



                if test $kill_sshagent -eq 1; then

                        eval `$sshagent -k`

                fi

                exit 0

                ;;

esac



nvidia-settings -l

nvclock -fF 40

xgamma -gamma 1.7

azureus



##################

# IMPORTANT NOTE #

##################



# Everything below here ONLY gets executed if you are NOT using xfce4-session

# (Xfce's session manager).  If you are using the session manager, everything

# below is handled by it, and the code below is not executed at all.  If you're

# not sure if you're using the session manager, type 'ps -e|grep xfce4-session'

# in a terminal while Xfce is running.



##################





# this is only necessary when running w/o xfce4-session

xsetroot -solid black -cursor_name watch



# or use old-fashioned startup script otherwise



xfce-mcs-manager

xfwm4 --daemon



# start up stuff in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart/, as that looks to be

# the new standard.  if that directory doesn't exist, try the old

# ~/Desktop/Autostart method.  we're not going to do any migration here.

if test -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart"; then

  for i in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/autostart/*.desktop; do

    grep -q -E "^Hidden=true" "$i" && continue

    if grep -q -E "^OnlyShowIn=" "$i"; then

      # need to test twice, as lack of the line entirely means we still run it

      grep -E "^OnlyShowIn=" "$i" | grep -q 'XFCE;' || continue

    fi

    grep -E "^NotShowIn=" "$i" | grep -q 'XFCE;' && continue

    

    # check for TryExec

    trycmd=`grep -E "^TryExec=" "$i" | cut -d'=' -f2`

    if test "$trycmd"; then

      type "$trycmd" >/dev/null 2>&1 || continue

    fi

    

    cmd=`grep -E "^Exec=" "$i" | cut -d'=' -f2`

    if test "$cmd" && type "$cmd" >/dev/null 2>&1; then

      $cmd &

    fi

  done

elif test -d "$HOME/Desktop/Autostart"; then

  for i in `ls -1 -L ${HOME}/Desktop/Autostart/ 2>/dev/null`; do

    if test -x $HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i; then

      $HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i &

    fi

  done

fi



xfdesktop&

orage &



panel=`which xfce4-panel`

case "x$panel" in

        x|xno*)

                ;;

        *)

                $panel

                ret=$?

                while test $ret -ne 0; do

                        xmessage -center -file - -timeout 20 -title Error <<EOF

A crash occured in the panel

Please report this to the xfce4-dev@xfce.org list

or on http://bugs.xfce.org

Meanwhile the panel will be restarted

EOF

                        cat >&2 <<EOF

A crash occured in the panel

Please report this to the xfce4-dev@xfce.org list

or on http://bugs.xfce.org

Meanwhile the panel will be restarted

EOF

                        $panel

                        ret=$?

                done

                ;;

esac



if test $kill_sshagent -eq 1; then

        eval `$sshagent -k`

fi



xsetroot -bg white -fg red  -solid black -cursor_name watch