RE: how do I configure Xclients etc ?

[Richard Hult <rhult hem2 passagen se>]

> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitc:  /home/jernast/.Xclients cannot execute:
> Permission denied
> waiting for xserver to shutdown

The message means that you do not have the right permission set for
that file. It has to be executable, which you can do by:

chmod u+x .Xclients

u=user, +x=executable on. That should work.

Good luck,
Richard