Re: HUGE .xsession-error file

On Monday 15 August 2005 06:01 pm June Tate kindly wrote:
> On Aug 15, 2005, at 11:05 AM, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > On Monday 15 August 2005 10:46 am June Tate kindly wrote:
> >> Well, it won't be executed in the .xsession-errors file -- you
> >> need to put it into your .xsession file instead (.xsession is
> >> typically run like a shell script every time you start X). Also,
> >> how do you normally start KDE? From a graphical login manager,
> >> or straight from the shell?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I use startx from the commandline. It's one of only two commands
> > I know...
>
> That's exactly why your .xsession-errors file is so large, then.
> startx redirects all standard error to .xsession-errors and
> reads .xsession to start up your programs (like KDE, etc.). So
> adding the "echo >$HOME/.xsession-errors" to the beginning of it
> should alleviate the problem. =o)
>
It worked like a charm! Thanks so much.

Siri Amrit
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