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Hello, I was following a guide and managed to install "x" and then gnome. However the next instruction is to run "nano .xinitrc", this file doesn't exist. What am I ...
  1. 06-20-2008 #1
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    Hello,

    I was following a guide and managed to install "x" and then gnome. However the next instruction is to run "nano .xinitrc", this file doesn't exist. What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks.
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    hi,


    i have read somewhere that you need to create the file yourself.
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    It depends on the distro: some auto-generate;some don't Creating it yourself isn't a problem:

    nano ~/.xinitrc

    Then paste the following into the blank file, uncommenting the environment you want to use (I've uncommented Gnome):

    Code:
    # Use fvwm
# fvwm
#
# Use Kde
# startkde
#
#
#
# Use GNOME
exec gnome-session
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