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# xprofile

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`/etc/xprofile` and `~/.xprofile` allow you to execute commands at the beginning of the X user session, before the Window Manager is started. Therefore it cannot be used to start window-based applications. See Autostarting#Graphical for that.

## Compatibility

xprofiles are natively sourced by KDM (`/usr/share/config/kdm/Xsession`), GDM (`/etc/gdm/Xsession`) and LXDM (`/etc/lxdm/Xsession`).

### Making it compatible with xinit

It is possible to make xprofiles compatible with these programs:

- `startx`
- `xinit`
- XDM
- SLiM
- any other Display Manager who uses `~/.xsession` or `~/.xinitrc`

All of these execute, directly or indirectly, `~/.xinitrc` (usually copied from `/etc/skel/.xinitrc`), or `/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc` if it doesn't exist. That's why we have to source xprofiles from these files.

    ~/.xinitrc and /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and /etc/skel/.xinitrc

    #!/bin/sh

    # Make sure this is before the 'exec' command or it won't be sourced.
    [ -f /etc/xprofile ] && source /etc/xprofile
    [ -f ~/.xprofile ] && source ~/.xprofile

    ...

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