[KLUG Members] .xinitrc / startx vs GDM

[Justin Buist]

When logging in via gdm/xdm/kdm they typically look at ~/.xsession instead of 
~/.xinitrc for their window manager to run.  Failing that, they default back
to a system wide version

Justin Buist

On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:13:39PM -0500, Tim Gray wrote:
> That's great, very helpful.
> 
> Am I poking around in the right area when I fiddle with ~/.xinitrc in trying 
> to make the kiosked mozilla window be the only client to the X server?  It 
> works painlessly when I run "startx" but when I login with GDM, it appears 
> that something else is running a window manager... and I'm too noob to fugger 
> it out quickly.
> 
> RH and Mdk9.0.
> 
> --Tim