How to start Xfce...

[Jack Kern]

Jack Kern wrote:

> Mohindar Rao, Raavi (Broetje) wrote:
>
>> I have installed all the stuff in my home directory, ~/xfce. I have 
>> found all the binary files in the bin directory.  But, I do not know 
>> how to start the Xfce.
>>
>> Can, any body help me how to write the session script to start.
>>
> /usr/bin/startxfce4
> If you want to customize the start-up of XFce, you can make an 
> executable file, ~/xfce4/xinitrc.  On my Debian GNU/Linux unstable 
> system there is a file, /etc/xfce4/default.session, that could be 
> copied to ~/xfce4/xinitrc for an example.  Edit ~/xfce4/xinitrc for 
> your own needs.  Also take a look /etc/xfce/xinitrc.xfce4-session as 
> another example.
>
> jkern at boat:~$ cat /etc/xfce4/default.session
> #!/bin/sh
>
> smproxy &
> xfwm4 --daemon
> xftaskbar4 &
> xfdesktop &
> xfce4-iconbox &
> xfce4-panel &
> jkern at boat:~$
>
>
> My ~/.xfce4/xinitrc:
>
> jkern at boat:~$ ls -l .xfce4/xinitrc
> -rwxr--r--    1 jkern    jkern         640 2004-02-29 20:39 
> .xfce4/xinitrc
>
> jkern at boat:~$ cat .xfce4/xinitrc
> #!/bin/sh
> #Wed Feb 25 18:03:31 EST 2004
>
> xsetroot -solid black -cursor_name watch
>
> # Start stuff from ~/Desktop/Autostart directory, if it exists
>
> if [ -d "$HOME/Desktop/Autostart" ]; then
>  for i in `ls -1 ${HOME}/Desktop/Autostart/ 2>/dev/null`; do
>    if [ -x $HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i ]; then
>      $HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i &
>    fi
>  done
> fi
>
> # Setup environment
>
> if [ -f $HOME/.Xresources ]; then
>        xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
> fi
>
> if [ -f $HOME/.bash_profile ]; then
>        . $HOME/.bash_profile
> fi
>
> if [ -f $HOME/.Xmodmap ]; then
>        xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
> fi
>
> # Finally, launch XFce4 using xfce4-session
>
> exec /usr/bin/xfce4-session
>
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Mohindar,

I made the same typographical error that you did in your original 
post.   The file is  "~/.xfce4/xinitrc"  NOT  "~/xfce4/xinitrc  --  N.B. 
the "."

Sorry   :-[