Re: tuning my startup sequence (xrandr)

Going through this one more time on a new install: the one thing I
forgot to add last time was to make .xinitrc executable.

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Joe Corneli <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Maybe I just need to adjust the ratpoison.desktop file so that it
>> launches my .xinitrc...
>
> OK, this chain seems to get the job done:
>
> 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<
> /usr/share/xsessions/custom.desktop
>
> [Desktop Entry]
>  Encoding=UTF-8
>  Name=Custom
>  Exec=/home/jac2349/.xinitrc
>  Comment=Custom setup
>  Icon=
>  Type=Application
>
> 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8< ~/.xinitrc
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> xrandr --output HDMI2 --auto --left-of HDMI1
> emacs &
> exec ratpoison
>
> 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8< ~/.ratpoisonrc
>
> set border 0
> set bargravity c
> alias esck escape F3
> alias esci escape C-t
>
> esck
> banish
>
> 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8< ~/.emacs
>
> (start-process-shell-command "ratpoison-restart" "ratpoison-restart"
>                              "ratpoison --command restart")
>
> 8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<8<
>
> I find it a bit curious that the last step is (seemingly) needed, but
> indeed the dual-head setup from .xinitrc isn't "recognized" when RP
> first starts.