.xinitrc isn't executed
 

Hello!

X11R6 does not execute the commands in .xinitrc!
What could be the reason?

Which file must i edit to execute .xinitrc?

Do you use startx to start your gui or the GUI login?

It works if you use startx. The gui login ignores this file.

As fancy pointed out, the GUI
logins ignore .xinitrc ... however,
you oculd just rename the file to
.xsession :)

Cheers,
Tink

After .xinitrc was created, did you chmod it to make it executable?
You can check the permissions by typing:
ls -al .xinitrc in your home directory.

For info on how to make it executable see:
man chmod

Good sailing!

Hello!

Thanks for your answers. Now i'm using file .xsession but it doesn't work! Here something about this file:

$ ls -l .xsession
-rwxrwxr-x 1 user user 40 Jul 14 16:12 .xsession

$less .xsession
#! /bin/sh
xmodmap /home/user/.xmodmaprc

Where is the error?

Doesn't anyone have an idea, why .xsession is not be runned?
Does this only work with startx, too?

greets