Re: XWin won't run xterm on start

[Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>]

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On 2/22/2016 4:51 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> There's no need for this complexity.  If you don't like what the system
> startxwinrc does, just copy it to ~/.startxwinrc and modify it to suit
> your purposes.

For example, something like the attached .startxwinrc might do what you 
want.

Ken


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#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005, 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. This
# copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
# copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the
# GNU General Public License version 2.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
# Authors:
#	Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com>

# redirect errors to a file in user's home directory if we can
if [ -z "$GDMSESSION" ]; then
    # GDM redirect output itself in a smarter fashion
    errfile="$HOME/.xsession-errors"
    if ( umask 077 && cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null ); then
        chmod 600 "$errfile"
        [ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon $errfile
        exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
    else
        errfile=$(mktemp -q /tmp/xses-$USER.XXXXXX)
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
        fi
    fi
fi

# Mandatorily source xinitrc-common, which is common code shared between the
# Xsession and xinitrc scripts which has been factored out to avoid duplication
. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common

export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE="gtk"
export XDG_MENU_PREFIX="xwin-"
export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="X-Cygwin"
# default settings
[ -x /usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update ] && /usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
[ -x /usr/bin/gsettings-data-convert ] && /usr/bin/gsettings-data-convert

if [ -x /usr/bin/trayer ] ; then
    /usr/bin/trayer --edge top --align left --widthtype request &
    TRAY=1
fi

if [ -x /usr/libexec/notification-daemon -a -n "$TRAY" ] ; then
    /usr/libexec/notification-daemon &
elif [ -x /usr/libexec/mate-notification-daemon ] ; then
    /usr/libexec/mate-notification-daemon &
elif [ -x /usr/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd ] ; then
    /usr/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd &
elif [ -x /usr/bin/lxqt-notificationd ] ; then
    /usr/bin/lxqt-notificationd &
fi

if [ -x /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11 ] ; then
    /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11
    if [ -x /usr/bin/pasystray -a -n "$TRAY" ] ; then
	/usr/bin/pasystray &
    elif [ -x /usr/bin/mate-volume-control-applet -a -n "$TRAY" ] ; then
	/usr/bin/mate-volume-control-applet &
    fi
fi

if [ -x /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon ] ; then
    eval `/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start`
    export GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL GPG_AGENT_INFO SSH_AUTH_SOCK
fi

[ -x /usr/bin/krb5-auth-dialog -a -n "$TRAY" ] && /usr/bin/krb5-auth-dialog &

if [ -x /usr/libexec/evolution/3.12/evolution-alarm-notify ] ; then
    /usr/libexec/evolution/3.12/evolution-alarm-notify &
elif [ -x /usr/libexec/evolution/3.10/evolution-alarm-notify ] ; then
    /usr/libexec/evolution/3.10/evolution-alarm-notify &
fi

[ -x /usr/bin/seahorse-sharing ] && /usr/bin/seahorse-sharing &
[ -x /usr/bin/zeitgeist-datahub ] && /usr/bin/zeitgeist-datahub &
[ -x /usr/bin/fbxkb ] && /usr/bin/fbxkb &
/usr/bin/uxterm -ls &
exec /usr/bin/xwin-xdg-menu

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