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Date:      Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:09:51 -0700
From:      Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>
Cc:        kweiss@austin.rr.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: xdm doesn't read in users .xinitrc
Message-ID:  <37E1164F.D9C5CAE3@gorean.org>
References:  <NDBBJGMIALOKHDMIBICBKEKLCAAA.kweiss@austin.rr.com> <37E0D8C7.35DB6842@confusion.net>

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Laurence Berland wrote:
> 
> Ok, didn't realize that, but I guess I kinda thought that from reading
> the Xsession script.  For sanity's sake, and to not have to maintain two
> files, would it cause any problem to change the line in Xsession from
> "startup=$HOME/.xsession" to "startup=$HOME/.xinitrc"?

	Much easier to make .xsession a symlink to .xinitrc. That way when you
upgrade your X you won't have to remember to make that change again.
symlinks are your friend, use to learn them well. 

Good luck,

Doug


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