.xinitrc doesn't work, .xsessionrc does! (was ... Re: startx vs. xdm)

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:52:58AM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Chris Bannister
I use startx, and only have an .xsessionrc file. I know it is read
because of the xterm settings.

Resources, whether for xterm, urxvt, or similar, usually are not
configured into .xinitrc, neither .xsession (I never used
.xsessionrc). Instead they are specified in .Xresources and
.Xdefaults. However it might be you "xrdb" them from .xsessionrc,
though .Xdefaults the old days was supposed to beloaded automatically
without being loaded through xrdb.

Now, to make both startx and xdm (and other DMs using .xsession) what
is required is to have .xinitrc with execute permissions (.xsession
requires them for for several DMs if I recall correctly since it gets
executed), and then create a link from .xinitrc to .xsession.

If I don't call it .xsessionrc, startx doesn't work, it just dumps me
back to the tty with:

X.Org X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2)
Release Date: 2012-05-19
[snip other]
xinit: connection to X server lost

The screen doesn't even flicker.

I am using fvwm, no DM at all.

I have tried, .xinitrc, .xsession, with and without execute permission,
all give above message¹: "xinit: connection to X server lost"

I don't have either an ".Xdefaults" or a ".Xresources" file.

.xsessionrc works whether it is executable or not

¹ I also get that message when I quit fvwm. The point is, X doesn't even
start in this case.

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