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drewch

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 18

cant find .xinitrc

Hey, all i have is a root account right now, and i can't find my .xinitrc file,
shouldnt it be
/home/.xinitrc ?
or is it somethign else? i've tried a lot of folders and used ls but cant seem to find it newhere, so i tried creating my own but i think its probably in the wrong spot because it doesnt work.  can someone point me to where it is?
Thanks a lot

somairotevoli

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Registered: 2006-05-23

Posts: 335

Re: cant find .xinitrc

create it  in your /home/username/

drewch

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 18

Re: cant find .xinitrc

riht now the only folder in my /home   is ftp.
And currently im only using root cuz i just installed, so should i create a
/home/root directory and put it there?

somairotevoli

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Registered: 2006-05-23

Posts: 335

Re: cant find .xinitrc

I see now...System wide xinitrc is in /etc/X11/xinit.
For root you would create one in /root.
Once you make yourself a user, then you would create one for that user in /home/username

Last edited by somairotevoli (2007-02-21 22:32:54)

drewch

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 18

Re: cant find .xinitrc

oh ok thanks, one last questionets, kind of very stupid.
Whats the line for making a user properly, because im looking at all the options, and im using them, and i've tried like 100 times to make one and i cant seem to get it properly.

i want username to be drewch, groups: wheel, audio, and any others that would be good for the only user using the computer.
shell is bin/bash
home directory, the default
password 123
and i dunno what else, but its really confusing me making a user, its not working out

Thanks a lot and sorry for dumb question:(

somairotevoli

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Registered: 2006-05-23

Posts: 335

Re: cant find .xinitrc

mkdir /home/drewch

useradd -d /home/drewch  -G wheel,audio,optical,video drewch

passwd drewch

make sure you give write permission to the /home/drewch directory for your user

*edit*
Actually I just learned u can just type

adduser

for a walk through

Last edited by somairotevoli (2007-02-21 23:02:55)

drewch

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Registered: 2007-02-21

Posts: 18

Re: cant find .xinitrc

thanks a lot!

Bison

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From: Jacksonville, FL

Registered: 2006-04-12

Posts: 158

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Re: cant find .xinitrc

Its generally a bad idea to start X while using root.  You may run into some permission problems

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