cant find .xsession

Longinus · 02-17-2004, 07:45 PM

hi,

i need to add a few things to my startup, but i cannot fine the .xsession file

im running slackware

i think i have a different file that controls startup but i forget which one lol

if anyone could help that would be great

thanks

DrOzz · 02-17-2004, 08:57 PM

well typically these files don't exist by default, and its up to the user to make them ..
same with the file .xinitrc, etc....

Longinus · 02-17-2004, 09:12 PM

hrrmmm....

so how would i go about making one of these files?

quatsch · 02-17-2004, 09:38 PM

you just make them

The system default for Xsession are somewhere in /etc. Probably, /etc/X11/Xsession. You can copy that one over to your home directory and name it .Xsession. And then you'll have to modify it to suit your needs.

Longinus · 02-17-2004, 10:09 PM

hrmm...

in my /etc/X11 folder i have an XF86Config file

also there is another dir in there called xinit..

etc/X11/xinit

in here

i have a few files...

xinitrc.twm
xinitr.fluxbox
xinitrc.gnome

xinitrc.wmaker
xinitr.fluxbo
xinitrc.gnome

and xinitrc

would i just need to copy xinitrc.fluxbox (using for the purtiness :]) into ~/ ?

quatsch · 02-18-2004, 12:15 AM

I'm actually not quite dure what .Xsession is for. I think it's for people who use graphical login and I don't. For me, I can use a ~/.xinitrc to customize my X startup. I think your xinitrc.fluxbox is for starting up fluxbox. Copy that to your home directory and rename it .xinitrc. And then do
startx
and see if it starts fluxbox.