[TriLUG] "Desktop" files ( 5th )

[Brian McCullough via TriLUG]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 02:56:53PM +0000, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2023, Brian McCullough wrote:
> 
> > > is there a config file in /etc/X11/app-defaults/ ?
> > 
> > Thank you for the suggestion, Joe.  That sent me off on various bits of
> > research, and I neglected to respond to you.
> > 
> > No, no such file exists.
> 
> should there be one?
> 
> does the man page talk about a config file?


I ran "strings" on the executable, and the only configuration files that
I could find are the ones in /etc that control the "host"
configurations.



> run strace on the executable and see if it tries to load one.
> 
> there's got to be somewhere that the executable loads its location on the
> screen.

It doesn't show up for me.

As I think I said, I am running Xfce, which MIGHT make a difference, but
I hope not.



> Joe
> 
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Thank you,
Brian