Re: [SLE] User .xintrc ignored ?

From: Vic Ayres (vic_at_ayresonline.co.uk)
Date: 12/30/03

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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:32:50 +0000

    On 30/12/2003 21:55, Jan Elders wrote:
    > Hello world,
    > Could it be that the .xinitrc file in my home directory is ignored ?
    >
    > Reason I ask is that I have added in the .xintrc file in my home directory
    > the following (near the end of the file) :
    > #
    > # Add your own lines here...
    > #
    > xmodmap -e 'keycode 96 = EuroSign'
    >
    > However, after my user-session is started, key 96 still renders the F12
    > function and not the eurosign.
    > When I go to shell and give the same command then it works OK.
    >
    > So, my preliminary conclusion is that the .xinitrc file in my home
    > directory is ignored at startup of the session.
    > Is that possible ?
    > If so, how could I remedy that ?
    >
    > TIA and HAND,
    As I understand it, .xinitrc is used if you login to runlevel 3 and issue
    startx. If you login to runlevel 5, the file used is .xsession. Try making a
    link from .xinitrc to .xsession and see if that helps. 

    -- 
Vic Ayres
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