[Tfug] X again

[Jude Nelson]

Not only that, but the xinitrc file is in /etc/X11/xinit/ in Debian.

On 3/18/07, Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 07:42:04PM +0000, Earl wrote:
> > I would like to change this somewhat in the default configuration. My
> > problem is that all of the man pages and "Running Linux 3rd Edition"
> > refer to either /usr/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc or
> > /usr/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc. When I look for either of these files, I
> > can get as far as /usr/lib/X11/. There is no xinit directory.
> >
> > Do I need a window manager like twm? I am not sure on this.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "default configuration" but Debian sets
> default X preferences in /etc/X11/Xsession and related.  User
> customization of X11 in ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (the latter is
> preferred).  That's also where you specify your WM.  (Debian will
> supply a default WM via /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager.)
>
> Claude
>
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