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#1 2007-05-13 09:09:02

silen
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Registered: 2006-03-01
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no ~/.xinitrc

I've just installed Arch (incl. xorg and so on).... and according to the wiki I need to add various lines to ~/.xinitrc - only problem is, it doesn't exist......... is there a way of autogenerating this file, or should I just add some lines to a blank file, and never mind the rest??

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#2 2007-05-13 09:37:32

WhiteMagic
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Registered: 2007-03-01
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Re: no ~/.xinitrc

Just create one which launches the programs and WM you want. My .xinitrc looks as follows for openbox:

#!/bin/sh
nitrogen --restore
visibility &
exec openbox

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#3 2007-05-13 11:44:29

shen
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Re: no ~/.xinitrc

check to make sure you have the xorg-xinit package installed. I do believe this is the package that has that file but I could be wrong. The default file should be located in /etc/shell. You can always copy that file into your home dir as well.

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#4 2007-05-13 16:41:33

ataraxia
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Registered: 2007-05-06
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Re: no ~/.xinitrc

shen wrote:

check to make sure you have the xorg-xinit package installed. I do believe this is the package that has that file but I could be wrong. The default file should be located in /etc/shell. You can always copy that file into your home dir as well.

Actually, /etc/skel . And the file was moved from the "filesystem" package to xorg-xinit within the last 8 hours roll

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#5 2007-05-14 08:32:16

silen
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Re: no ~/.xinitrc

thank you all smile

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#6 2007-05-14 11:57:40

shen
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Re: no ~/.xinitrc

ataraxia wrote:
shen wrote:

check to make sure you have the xorg-xinit package installed. I do believe this is the package that has that file but I could be wrong. The default file should be located in /etc/shell. You can always copy that file into your home dir as well.

Actually, /etc/skel . And the file was moved from the "filesystem" package to xorg-xinit within the last 8 hours roll

doh I meant /etc/skel but had shell on the mind and well that's what I typed..lol Thanks for catching that..

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