xinitrc not recognized

lotusvale · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Canada

just wondering why when i put ~/.xinitrc, anything inside it won't be recognized.

well...i was trying to execute a script that will set my mod4 keys.
so then in .xinitrc, i have :
"exec exec-keys", where exec-keys is the script.

is there any other way to run script at login time?

i'm using fluxbox + gnome.
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ebrostig · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 6:47 pm Post subject:

And do you have a program called exec?

I'm not sure what you are trying to do, execute a program called exec-keys, I suppose.

Try this:
1. chmod a+x exec-keys
2. change "exec exec-keys" to "exec-keys" if it is in you path, else "/full/path/to/exec-keys"

The try to start X again.

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lotusvale · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Canada

ok. it didn't work.

the thing is i'm trying to get my keyboard keys to work, specifically "mod4" which is the windows key.

the way i do it, i 'd type :

xmodmap -e "clear mod4"
xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = Super_L"
xmodmap -e "keycode 116 = Super_R Multi_key"
xmodmap -e "add mod4 = Super_L Super_R"

i tried putting this is in a executable file called /bin/exec-keys , then put exec-keys in .xinitrc, but it didnt' work.

i tried just putting those 4 lines in .xinitrc, and it still didn't work.
did i do anything wrong here?
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ebrostig · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 9:30 pm Post subject:

lotusvale · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Canada

oh yeah..the command works perfectly fine. and the file is executable...via chmod a+x.
the problem is, it won't get executed automatically when login.
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ebrostig · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 11:04 pm Post subject:

Could you post the complete .xinitrc?

Also, how do you login? Through XDM/GDM/KDM or by running startx?

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lotusvale · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Canada

well....see the whole .xinitrc is just either

deathdruid · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 1:22 am Post subject:

lotusvale,

.xinitrc is only read when using startx. If using gdm/xdm/kdm, you need to use .xsession. I usually do this:

lotusvale · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Canada

k so i just modify .xsession right?
btw, where can i find .xsession?

EDIT

actually just created in ~/.xsession, but it doesn't override the global one.
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deathdruid · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 5:02 pm Post subject:

When logging into gdm, choose xsession as the session to start. It might be set to gnome right now.

samokk · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 7:32 pm Post subject:

are you using {X, G, K}DM, or plain startx ?

coz, AFAIK, .xsession is to be used instead of .xinitrc for use with gdm and the like

sam

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JeroenV · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject:

Ok, some light into chaos :wink:

if you use gdm, the session types you can choose from (Gnome, KDE, ...) are determined by the files listed in /etc/X11/Sessions/. In my case:

lotusvale · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Canada

thx man..it works!
except i'm not sure what you meant in your script though.

it says " . ~/.xsession"
what does the first dot in this case do?
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JeroenV · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 7:49 am Post subject:

In sh or bash ". <command>" executes command in the current shell environment (the one the main script), afaik it's the same as "source command".

So if you do this:

(script1):

samokk · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 8:57 am Post subject:

lotusvale · Guru Joined: 06 Mar 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Canada

mlybarger · Guru Joined: 04 Sep 2002 Posts: 475

i gotta re-ask the question b/c this is kinda troublesome. isn't there a cleaner method than updating the files in etc? first off, these can get wiped out during an upgrade, and secondly, they're not guaranteed to start an application each time i log into x, only for the wm that i've edited the /etc start srcipt.

me personally, i'm looking to put numlockx into a startup script so it works when i login. i don't use startx, i use xdm (using kdm currently).