hi all,

logged in as root, cant find xinitrc.

isnt it usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ ?

thanks

Phil wrote:

>hi all,
>
>logged in as root, cant find xinitrc.
>
>isnt it usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ ?
>
>thanks
>
>
>
find / -name xinitrc -exec ls -l {} \;

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Phil wrote:
> hi all,
>
> logged in as root, cant find xinitrc.
>
> isnt it usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ ?

It is in /etc/X11/xinit

IIRC, up to about 8.x, /etc/X11 was a symlink to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11, but in
later releases, it was made into a directory under /etc


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IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems,
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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thanks. okay, so this outputs the path but the path is followed by ->
xinitrc.kde
or somthing similar. what the hell does this mean? on other distributions i
was able to change the window manager by editing xinitrc but it seems that
slackware has already produced a xinitrc file for each window manager. is
this the case? if so how do i implement them??

thanks



"Thomas Ronayne" <trona@REMOVETHISameritech.net> wrote in message
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> Phil wrote:
>
> >hi all,
> >
> >logged in as root, cant find xinitrc.
> >
> >isnt it usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ ?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >
> >
> find / -name xinitrc -exec ls -l {} \;

Phil wrote:

> thanks. okay, so this outputs the path but the path is followed by ->
> xinitrc.kde
> or somthing similar. what the hell does this mean?

That's a symbolic link.

> on other distributions
> i was able to change the window manager by editing xinitrc but it seems
> that slackware has already produced a xinitrc file for each window
> manager. is this the case? if so how do i implement them??

On Slack you just change the symbolic link. For example, if you want to use
fluxbox:

# ln -sf xinitrc.fluxbox xinitrc

or you use xwmconfig

Joe

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Phil wrote:
> thanks. okay, so this outputs the path but the path is followed by ->
> xinitrc.kde

So, your "default" xinitrc is a symlink to the xinitrc that starts up KDE
What's the worry?

> or somthing similar. what the hell does this mean?

That, if the user doesn't override with a ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc of their
own, they get the xinitrc that starts KDE

> on other distributions i
> was able to change the window manager by editing xinitrc but it seems that
> slackware has already produced a xinitrc file for each window manager. is
> this the case? if so how do i implement them??

First off, there's nothing stopping you from either
a) removing the xinitrc softlink, and making your own xinitrc, or
b) pointing the xinitrc softlink to a different 'prepackaged' xinitrc.xxx, or
c) customizing /any/ of the supplied xinitrc.xxx files

So, what do you want to do?

Do you want a custom xinitrc? If so, then
rm /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
pico /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Do you want to switch to a different WM? If so, then
rm /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xxx /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Do you want to customize one of the supplied xinitrc? If so, then
pico /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xxx

Go to it. It's your system; the Slackware install just gives you a base that you
can customize to your liking.

[snip]

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Lew Pitcher
IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems,
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:38:48 +0000, Phil wrote:

> thanks. okay, so this outputs the path but the path is followed by ->
> xinitrc.kde
> or somthing similar. what the hell does this mean? on other distributions i
> was able to change the window manager by editing xinitrc but it seems that
> slackware has already produced a xinitrc file for each window manager. is
> this the case? if so how do i implement them??

If you look, xinitrc is a symlink to one of the xinitrc.??? files.
On my system:

$ l /etc/X11/xinit/

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321 2005-01-23 20:48 README.Xmodmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-07-10 07:29 xinitrc -> xinitrc.gnome
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 556 2003-03-16 14:59 xinitrc.blackbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 560 2005-01-22 10:34 xinitrc.fluxbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 559 2005-01-31 07:54 xinitrc.fvwm2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 630 2005-04-11 15:30 xinitrc.gnome
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 664 2005-01-23 20:45 xinitrc.twm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 788 2004-10-28 12:54 xinitrc.wmaker

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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:02:27 +0000, Phil wrote:

> hi all,
>
> logged in as root, cant find xinitrc.
>
> isnt it usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ ?
>
> thanks

locate xinitrc

I understand the concept now, however joe, i can't seem make the link
command work. the xwmconfig works fine tho. any further ideas on the ln
command??

thanks


"Lew Pitcher" <Lew.Pitcher@td.com> wrote in message
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> Phil wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > logged in as root, cant find xinitrc.
> >
> > isnt it usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ ?
>
> It is in /etc/X11/xinit
>
> IIRC, up to about 8.x, /etc/X11 was a symlink to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11, but
in
> later releases, it was made into a directory under /etc
>
>
> - --
> Lew Pitcher
> IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems,
> Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group
>
> (Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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On 2005-07-25, Phil <pra02kfk@sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:

> logged in as root, cant find xinitrc.
>
> isnt it usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ ?

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

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