N00b Questions

The Matt thompsma at colorado.edu
Wed Jul 16 17:32:16 CEST 2003


On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 09:16, Biju Chacko wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:13:34 -0600, The Matt wrote:
> 
> > First, how do I get xfce4 to use my ~/.xfce4/xinitrc file?  Looking at
> > the Xfce doc pages, I learned to copy /etc/xfce4/xinitrc to ~/.xfce4. 
> > Great.  Then, I looked at /usr/bin/startxfce4 and I see that it should
> > read ~/.xfce4/xinitrc which I have altered.  Yet, for some reason it
> > won't.  I'm trying to use the iconbox, so I added it to the xinitrc. 
> > But, when I run startxfce4...no iconbox.  Help me out please.
> 
> Is ~/.xfce4/xinitrc executable?

Sigh.  No.  Man, 7 years with Linux and it's the stupid things that get
you.

While I'm here, can I add xgamma commands to this file, or is there a
better place?

> 
> > Second, I'm sure this is a FAQ, but is there a way to get the
> > mailcheck to read a remote IMAP mailbox?
> 
> No IMAP support IIRC.

OK, I can still use gkrellm.
-- 
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and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky's the limit!" -- The Tick
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