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On Wednesday 21 February 2007 13:59, Mrugesh Karnik wrote: |
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> Actually, GDM uses Xsessions and startx uses xinitrc files. |
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> If you look at the /etc/X11/xinitrc file, it looks for and uses the |
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> ~/.xinitrc file if present. Otherwise, it uses the system default |
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> of /etc/X11/chooser.sh, which uses the variable XSESSION. |
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> If neither of the methods works, it starts a twm session. |
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> Correct me if I'm wrong please. |
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startx's behavior is explained here: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml#using_startx |
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If you want to use a display manager, you should set DISPLAYMANAGER |
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in /etc/conf.d/xdm. |
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