Corporate creep in Linux? (mini-rantette)
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From: notbob on 12 Sep 2009 15:32 On 2009-09-12, goarilla <kevin.paulus(a)skynet.remove-this.be> wrote: > isn't it invoked at install time just like netconfig > when you do a 'FULL' install ? Yes. I picked kde at that time. Later, I started messing around with diff wm's cuz kde has become such a pig. After a few changes with xwmconfig (as su), my user's wm became stuck at twm. The fact it went to the last choice, kde again, when I startx'd as su, made me look at my user home directory. Bingo! nb
From: goarilla on 12 Sep 2009 15:41 On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:32:57 +0000, notbob wrote: > On 2009-09-12, goarilla <kevin.paulus(a)skynet.remove-this.be> wrote: > >> isn't it invoked at install time just like netconfig when you do a >> 'FULL' install ? > > Yes. I picked kde at that time. Later, I started messing around with > diff wm's cuz kde has become such a pig. After a few changes with > xwmconfig (as su), my user's wm became stuck at twm. The fact it went > to the last choice, kde again, when I startx'd as su, made me look at my > user home directory. Bingo! > > nb i don't understand why run it as su ? that's your problem you're changing the wm for your root user not your normal user if you want to set it for all users change the /usr/X11/xinit/xinitrc symlink to another xinitrc file in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.*
From: goarilla on 12 Sep 2009 15:46 On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:41:46 +0000, goarilla wrote: > On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:32:57 +0000, notbob wrote: > >> On 2009-09-12, goarilla <kevin.paulus(a)skynet.remove-this.be> wrote: >> >>> isn't it invoked at install time just like netconfig when you do a >>> 'FULL' install ? >> >> Yes. I picked kde at that time. Later, I started messing around with >> diff wm's cuz kde has become such a pig. After a few changes with >> xwmconfig (as su), my user's wm became stuck at twm. The fact it went >> to the last choice, kde again, when I startx'd as su, made me look at >> my user home directory. Bingo! >> >> nb > > i don't understand why run it as su ? that's your problem you're > changing the wm for your root user not your normal user > > if you want to set it for all users > change the /usr/X11/xinit/xinitrc symlink to another xinitrc file in > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.* i apologise i just went through the xmwconfig source code and it seems you are right, root does put symlinks in /usr/X11/xinit for system wide 'basic' configuration
From: notbob on 12 Sep 2009 15:54 On 2009-09-12, goarilla <kevin.paulus(a)skynet.remove-this.be> wrote: > > i apologise i just went through the xmwconfig source code > and it seems you are right, root does put symlinks in /usr/X11/xinit > for system wide 'basic' configuration Hey, no apologies necessary. I'm the forever newb. I'm at that age where I find the solution one day and have to find it again next rev. Fortunately, after long enough I've become comfortable with slack and ofter can deduce the problem by intuition, like where the bathroom is on a cold Winter's night during a pwr failure. ;) nb
From: Helmut Hullen on 12 Sep 2009 16:27
Hallo, Peter, Du meintest am 12.09.09: >> Most times "MAKEDEV" does the job, not me. > I think that used to live in /dev - its not there now unless udev > hides it. Put it into "/sbin" (if it's not already there). If you use "udev" then this program rebuilds "/dev". It uses "/lib/udev/ devices" and all devices it has found (which is less than all devices which exist in the machine). There is no place for programs like "MAKEDEV". I don't like "udev" ... Viele Gruesse Helmut "Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". |