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22 Mar
1998
22 Mar
'98
08:48
Mark Wagnon wrote:
You need to edit your ~/.xinitrc file to start fvwm. The way SuSE is set up, I think it searches to see what's available then it loads the window manager. ...
I didn't seem to have a .xinitrc file in my root directory (?). I copied one from another user's /home directory and now X starts with the window manager specified in that file. Why didn't I have an .xinitrc file for root and how did "startx" work at all without one? I guess I'm just not clear on the concept... -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e