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Bes

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Registered: 2007-06-20

Posts: 79

My mouse.... Why doesn't this line in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc work?

Hi

The mouse sensitivity in Arch (Gnome & Beryl) is too low.

I have added the following to xinitrc, and if I run it off the command line as root, it is fine- however, it will not work in xinitrc

xset m 20/5 1 &

Even if I add exec to the start of the line, it still does nothing

Any ideas?

Thanks

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: My mouse.... Why doesn't this line in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc work?

It is highly unlikely that /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is executed when you start X.  Try putting the command in ~/.xinitrc instead.

Bes

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Registered: 2007-06-20

Posts: 79

Re: My mouse.... Why doesn't this line in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc work?

that file does not exist- should I softlink the filename in your post to the one in mine?

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: My mouse.... Why doesn't this line in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc work?

Hello,

I just created a new user "bla", and Arch's default .xinitrc appeared automagically in his ~

[root@/home/bla] cat .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# exec icewm
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox
[root@/home/bla]

It's kinda strange that your user does not have that file already.  Anyhoo, just copy/paste the contents from above into your file, add that command you wanted (before the exec's, I suppose), and uncomment the line that starts your DE of choice.

Ciao

shen

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Registered: 2003-09-05

Posts: 272

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Re: My mouse.... Why doesn't this line in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc work?

That user account was likely setup before he had the xinit package installed. Gotta have that package installed before creating a user for it to be copied into the new home dir.