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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: that new user smell
From:       Howdy Doody <kcsmart () microlink ! net>
Date:       1998-06-28 17:18:51
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On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, C. Elliott wrote:
>Thanks for your help everyone, however, still no luck. I am a little confused
>about something. In my /etc/X11/xinit directory there is a xinitrc file, but
>nowhere in the system is there a .xinitrc, including /home. This isn't the
>first time I've come across the reference and I had hoped it was only a
>misprint. I've tried "find * .xinitrc" and nothing turns up, is that
>surprising, or is everyone laughing at me now? This is likely the problem,
>but I havn't a clue about how to approach it. By the way, I run almost
>everything from bash, I figure I'll learn the OS before I worry too much
>about competency in the GUI and yes, I tried startkde from the command line..
>As I mentioned before, I have run X with fvwm many times without a problem.
>It is only after I rpm the packages and make configuration changes that X
>won't run. Does this help any of you long distance troubleshooters? I sure
>hope so.

Find won't find it  'cause it's after a '.' but, locate would.

You can copy the xinitrc file from /etc to  $HOME/.xinitrc if one doesn't
already exists. Then modify it from there.

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