HEPiX X11 Scripts - User's Guide

This is the user's guide of the HEPiX X11 scripts, it tries to describe what a user can do to modify his X environment when using the HEPiX X11 scripts.

This is not an X user's guide. If you are not familiar with X, you can consult the ``Guide for the Usage of X Window at CERN'' or other sources of information.


Introduction

With the version 3.x of the HEPiX scripts, an X11 package is provided to give a good default X environment that is easy to customise.

This document describes only what is specific to X11. It is complementary to the HEPiX scripts user's guide.

Customisation

(all the files mentioned below should be located under $HOME/.hepix)

If you want to have some X clients started automatically when you log in, you should add them to the xclients file.

If you want to modify the resources used by your X clients, you should put them in the xresources file.

If you want to modify the global behaviour of the X session, you should set some major switches in the xprofile file.

If you want to play with the keyboard mapping, you can use the files xkeyboard (defining which keyboard name to use) and xkbd.$HX_KEYBOARD (defining which keymapping to perform). You can also use $HOME/.BackSpace or $HOME/.Delete to change (only) the behaviour of the "erase" key.

In Case of Problem

... you should always look at the X session log file ($HOME/.hepix/xsession.log) to find out what went wrong.

If needed, you can start a "debug session" by pressing F2 instead of Return after typing your password in the xdm login panel. You will get more information in the X session log file.

You can also start a "failsafe session" (i.e. only an xterm is started) by pressing F1 after your password.


Lionel Cons, 18-Aug-1997