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Subject: Re: .Xstartup  problem
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From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Date: 19 Nov 1997 07:21:17 -0600
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"Oliver R. Wang " <fwang2@cobblers.csc.ncsu.edu> writes:
> Hi, there
> 
> Is it a default behavior for X to read .Xstartup in my home directory 
> when it start up? It seems that it doesn't read it at all.                

If you use xinit, xinit runs $HOME/.xinitrc.  If you use xdm,
$HOME/.xsession is run.  I've never heard of .Xstartup.

-Dave