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You could either alais commands in your .bashrc, or create a .xinitrc file.

Code:

# Celeron 850 tinwhistle .bashrc file for user fancy

# User specific aliases and functions



# Change bash prompt. See the article:

# http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork.../l-tip-prompt/

export PS1='\d \@ \[\e[32;1m\]\u\[\e[34;1m\]@\[\e[36;1m\]\H \[\e[34;1m\]\w\[\e[32;1m\] $ \[\e[0m\]'

# For the root account use this

# export PS1='\d \@ \[\e[31;1m\]\u\[\e[34;1m\]@\[\e[36;1m\]\H \[\e[34;1m\]\w\[\e[31;1m\] # \[\e[0m\]'



# Set paths

alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'



# Allow local users to use my X session

# xhost +local:



# Dialup, start fetchmail daemon and startx

alias x='/sbin/ifup ppp0;fetchmail -d 300;startx'



# Alter the ls command

alias ls='ls -ac'

alias lls='ls -lac'



# Become system administrator

alias god='su -'



# Connect/disconnect the internet by modem

alias dial='/sbin/ifup ppp0'

alias hangup='/sbin/ifdown ppp0'



# Launch links with my linux links page

alias links='links /home/fancy/bookmarks.html'



# Power down/reboot

alias off='shutdown -h now'

alias boot='shutdown -r now'



# For nano editor because I forget which one I use in which distro

alias pico='nano -w'

alias nano='nano -w'



# for launching window manager/desktop environments from console login

alias a='echo DESKTOP=AfterStep > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias ice='echo DESKTOP=icewm > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias kde='echo DESKTOP=KDE3 > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias wm='echo DESKTOP=WindowMaker > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias sf='echo DESKTOP=Sawfish > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias g='echo DESKTOP=Gnome > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias xf='echo DESKTOP=XFce > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias bb='echo DESKTOP=BlackBox > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias fb='echo DESKTOP=FluxBox > ~/.desktop;startx'

alias e='echo DESKTOP=Enlightenment > ~/.desktop;startx'



# Script needs to be on the bottom of the file or RH updates will fsck it up

# Source global definitions

if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then

              . /etc/bashrc

fi

Code:

# Celeron 850 box "tinwhistle" user fancy .xinitrc file

# Start the stuff I want to run when I startx



# The artwiz-fonts sometimes conflict with your locale settings. To get

# them to work you may have to put the following at the beginning of your

# .xinitrc file

# export LC=C

# export LC_ALL=C



# Set the background for fluxbox

# Esetroot ~/backgrounds/linux.png &



# Start gkrellm and put it in the slit

gkrellm -w &



# This will run a screensaver as your background

# /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/hopalong -root &



# Start the screensaver daemon

# xscreensaver &



# Finally, I start my window manager

exec fluxbox

# exec kde

# exec gnome-session