Re: What's the Right Way to read resources on X startup?
Re: What's the Right Way to read resources on X startup?
- Subject: Re: What's the Right Way to read resources on X startup?
- From: Ambrose LI <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:23:47 -0400
On 21 June 2010 08:37, Richard Cobbe <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:55:09PM +1000, raf wrote:
>> hi richard,
>>
>> what i've always done on all x11 systems is to have my own
>> ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession) file that gets run instead of
>> the systetem's default xinitrc. then you get to control the
>> sequence of things.
>
> Hasn't this strategy been discussed as a bad idea elsewhere on this list?
> In particular, doesn't it prevent the system xinitrc from running and
> setting up potentially necessary services?
I know the official line, but I don't buy it. It is done this way
everywhere else and it makes Apple's X11 special (or should I say
non-standard?). The user's .xinitrc never completely overrides what
the system does; it requires the system xinitrc to even execute.
--
cheers,
-ambrose
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