Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      20 Sep 2005 14:56:48 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xprt
Message-ID:  <44u0gfsh3j.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050920201411.2914a331.dick@nagual.st>
References:  <20050920201411.2914a331.dick@nagual.st>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> writes:

> Yesterday I upgraded my xorg-printserver. Afterwards my Xprt would not
> start. Looking at /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/xprint.sh I did not have a
> POSIX-shell. <???> Hmmm.. seems you need ksh or bash for xprint all of
> a sudden. A warning would have been nice.

That script only requires a POSIX shell, and our standard /bin/sh
should work fine.  I just tried it, and it does work for me.

> Another thing: why would I need Xprt ??

For example, to be able to treat a printer as an X output device.

> Without it, my programs seem to print fine too.

A lot of people don't need it.  If you don't, feel fine about not
using it.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?44u0gfsh3j.fsf>