[arch-general] Xinitrc wiki still references copying /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ?

Jonathan Horacio Villatoro Córdoba lacho8713 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 18 04:28:00 UTC 2016


Hi,

It's just as Zachary pointed out. By the way, the package is named
xorg-xinit

Hope this helps,
Jonathan.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 09:14:50PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know this. :) The Xorg package doesn’t contain xinitrc. That’s in the xInit package.
> 
> So pacman -S xinit, and it will be there.
> Best,
> Zack.
> > On Mar 17, 2016, at 9:12 PM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > All,
> > 
> >  I'm working to setup fluxbox on a virtual arch install inside ESXI which I
> > will access via rdesktop (or something similar). In configuring flux to start at
> > boot I was following the wiki:
> > 
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc
> > 
> >  The point about copying the default xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc references a file
> > that no longer exists in the current Xorg install. e.g.:
> > 
> > cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
> > 
> >  What is the current way to set up your ~/.xinitrc (or is that even needed
> > anymore?)
> > 
> > -- 
> > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.


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