--- startx.cpp
+++ startx.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 XCOMM
 XCOMM This is just a sample implementation of a slightly less primitive
-XCOMM interface than xinit.  It looks for user .xinitrc and .xserverrc
+XCOMM interface than xinit.  It looks for user .desk/xinitrc and .desk/xserverrc
 XCOMM files, then system xinitrc and xserverrc files, else lets xinit choose
 XCOMM its default.  The system xinitrc should probably do things like check
 XCOMM for .Xresources files and merge them in, start up a window manager,
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
 export PATH
 #endif
 
-userclientrc=$HOME/.xinitrc
+userclientrc=$HOME/.desk/xinitrc
 sysclientrc=XINITDIR/xinitrc
 
-userserverrc=$HOME/.xserverrc
+userserverrc=$HOME/.desk/xserverrc
 sysserverrc=XINITDIR/xserverrc
 defaultclient=XTERM
 defaultserver=XSERVER
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 
 if [ x"$enable_xauth" = x1 ] ; then
     if [ x"$XAUTHORITY" = x ]; then
-        XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority
+        XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.desk/Xauthority
         export XAUTHORITY
     fi
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
     dummy=0
 
     XCOMM create a file with auth information for the server. ':0' is a dummy.
-    xserverauthfile=$HOME/.serverauth.$$
+    xserverauthfile=$HOME/.desk/serverauth.$$
     trap "rm -f '$xserverauthfile'" HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP KILL BUS TERM
     xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF
 add :$dummy . $mcookie