gnome starter

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Dec 2, 2010, at 12:26 PM, io wrote:
> 
> According to a suggestion from Andrea, I used a simple .xinitrc:
> 
> exec twm
> /opt/local/bin/metacity &
> 
> Then in MacOsX terminal by command startx below I had:
> 
> To execute a file of the current directory use ./
> io in ~ $ startx

I don't think you want to use startx. Instead, just run xterm (or some other x app) and the X11.app will open automatically.

I just tried with just 'exec twm' in my ~/.xinitrc and it worked (I get twm as my window manager).

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