Michael

Glad you mentioned .xinitrc. As I recall, you upgraded from SuSE 5.0. Well I just started with 5.1. I DON'T have an .xinitrc at all. I copied my Slackware .xinitrc over and X WOULDN'T START! Gave me an error and flat out quit. So I have to go with what they give me, if you know what I mean. Maybe we SHOULD RTFM, huh?

If I recall, you don't automatically get any sort of .xinitrc unless: a) you start x for the first time and the system writes you one. b) you go to /var/X11R6/lib/xinit/ and do the following: cp xinitrc $HOME/.xinitrc then make changes to your personal .xinitrc to your tastes. As for your Slackware version of .xinitrc, it probably wouldn't work, since Slackware and S.u.S.E have some differences in directory structure. Plus, i think where the Slackware tarball puts certain files and where the rpm puts things is diffrent. this can cause problems. Again, Slackware doesn't automatically start with a .xinitrc file in every new users directory...I believe, as with S.u.S.E, it apperas there after teh first successful X session or if you copied the system default xinitrc into your home directory. I hope that helps with some confusion svet

Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Running SuSE Linux Date: Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 07:46:52PM -0800

In reply to:Michael Perry

Quoting Michael Perry (mperry@mperry.basin.com):

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On Sun, Feb 01, 1998 at 10:29:51PM -0500, Wayne Topa stated: Another interesting thing with kde and SuSE 5.1 here. If I edit .xinitrc in my home directory to reflect exec kde I get kde but not the actual guts of kde. I get the windowmanager only but no functionality, if you know what I mean. I can only change windowmanagers by changing it in /etc/profile, logging out, and letting my profile be read again. I would like it if someone would explain how /etc/profile sets the windowmanager and why it cannot dynamically be changed. It seems to change the windowmanager one must edit /etc/profile, change it there, then logout and enter the console again. Is this correct, in essence?

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Wayne

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