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

Mostly, files that start with a period (such as .xinitrc) are special
files for specific applications (somewhat like *.INI files in Windows)
as to what behaviors to do, what commands to run, and so
forth. Sometimes (as in /etc/X11/xinit) there are samples of these, but
as it is strictly a user selection (some programs create their
'dot-files') when first run by a user as well) you wouldn't find them
installed as such on a new install.

In your case, you could simply copy /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to
/home/user/.xinitrc, and modify .xinitrc as needed. 

Some of these 'dotfiles' will be created when you make a new user on
your system too.



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