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Re: [LUG] Custom dmrc entry?

 

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:08:38PM +0000, Grant (DCGlug) wrote:
> I'm currently setting up a "spare" computer as a "media centre"
> (God, I hate that term).  MythTV is in and seems to run quite nicely. 
> GDM is now set to autologin the mythtv user.  However, it would seem to
> login to Gnome.  I have tried having a ~/.dmrc file that contains
> nothing but this:
>   exec mythfrontend
> however, it gets overwritten when GDM autologsin.  I have tried creating
> a ~/.xinitrc file, but it would seem that GDM doesn't use these.
> 
> Does anyone know how I can get mythfrontend to start automagically *on
> it's own* (ie without having the whole of Gnome/KDE/whatever loaded
> alongside it) when GDM autologsin the mythtv user?

You probably want .xsession, rather than .xinitrc; .xsession works from
xdm/gdm, .xinitrc works when you start X manually (except sometimes
.xsession works for both...).

.dmrc, I think, is used by gdm/kdm to remember which session to start.

        bma

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