.xinitrc and .xession not being read?

[Miloslav Trmac]

Hello,
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 12:12:36PM -0600, The Matt wrote:
> > Yes, it looks like gdm now invokes gnome-session directly, bypassing
> > /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients. This also means ~/.Xkbmap doesn't work.
> > 	Mirek
> 
> Well, if I remember back to my pre-XFce4 days, doesn't GDM read
> .gnomerc?  Have you tried using that file?
No, I want the settings desktop-independent :-)
 
> Now, I don't use GDM, but I'm trying to trace it.  Shouldn't it use
> /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/GNOME if it runs Gnome?  If so, that exec's
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession with gnome as the arg.  Looking at Xsession, it
> looks like .Xresources, .Xmodmap, and .Xkbmap should be read.
Mea culpa. .Xkbmap _is_ read actually, I just have some bug in it.
But note that /usr/share/xsessions runs gnome-session.

> I guess I don't know how GDM works (big possibility), and
> could someone tell me how they are.
Seconded.
	Mirek