.xinitrc

[sick]

do this file only work with your default windows manager? I can't see to get to work with enlightenment. So I'm using KDE for now

[parkan]

KDE is good...

[mcrites]

Are you using kdm, xdm, gdm <or insert your favorite display manager here> or are you using startx from the command line? If you are using a display manager you need to use .xsession. From the command line X uses .xinitrc. What I usually do, to make it easier on myself if I change from using the command line or not, is ln -s .xinitrc .xsession. That way if you work on one file it will update the other, and you dont have to worry about that stuff.

[sick]

cool thanks. I acually starting using KDE and I sort of like it. I did know it was updated in mandrake 8.0. I might give enlightenment another shot though

[parkan]

Originally posted by sick
cool thanks. I acually starting using KDE and I sort of like it. I did know it was updated in mandrake 8.0. I might give enlightenment another shot though
KDE looks cool, works OK and is quite flexible.

[Thelemac]

Um...I could be wrong here, but doesn't Enlightenment need Gnome to run? I was pretty sure that it does.

[sick]

Originally posted by Thelemac
Um...I could be wrong here, but doesn't Enlightenment need Gnome to run? I was pretty sure that it does.

I know it gnome compatible. But I known't know if you need gnome to run enlightenment. Anyways I have both Gnome and KDE, so it's all good

[Hack]

Originally posted by Thelemac
Um...I could be wrong here, but doesn't Enlightenment need Gnome to run? I was pretty sure that it does.

Nope... It does use some of the same libraries though.

Hack

[Hack]

Boy, what a question. It's one of those ones you can get a hundred different answers to. I'd need to know what you are running before I could try and give you anything other than a guess for an answer.
Further, you are asking about running it from a commandline, right?






Myself, here's how I do it on my system, which may or may not work on yours. All I do is to make a link from my home directory with the command ln -s /etc/X11/xinit.e ~/.xinitrc which for me sets me up to run enlightenment.. What you'll need for this set up to work is 1 xinit file for each different window manger you wish to run. Check the /etc/X11/xinit directory and see what's in there. If it has more than one xinit.whatever file in there, this method will work just fine and it won't (or shouldn't) interfere with kde/gdm/xdm at all as far as a default window manager goes.




And to any of you who haven't tried enlightenment, if you have the proccessing clout, try it, you'll like it. A bit confusing at first, but mighty nice!!




Hack