[plug] XDM and xinitrc

[Christian]

On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 08:45:10PM -0400, Subba Rao wrote:
> I use XDM to start my X-Window sessions. My window manager is FVWM2.
> I have $HOME/.fvwm2rc which is being read when FVWM starts. I have my .xinitrc
> in $HOME, which is not being read. I have some customizations which are not
> being executed. When I try to modify the global xinitrc, then after login I get
> one xclock, the wallpaper and nothing else.
> What should I do or check to get $HOME/.xinitrc to be executed?

This is covered in the manual.  In short, if you run xinit (==startx)
from the shell then xinitrc gets executed.  If you start X via xdm then
your ~/.xsession file gets executed.  Obvious solution would be to link
.xinitrc to .xsession.

Regards,

Christian.