Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:05:08 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: rknebel@csrlink.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xinitrc file Message-ID: <19971023100508.44616@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19971022183056.15649@my.domain>; from rknebel@csrlink.net on Wed, Oct 22, 1997 at 06:30:56PM -0400 References: <344DF3BF.C0B8669@mail.infocom.etecsa.cu> <19971022183056.15649@my.domain>
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On Wed, Oct 22, 1997 at 06:30:56PM -0400, rknebel@csrlink.net wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to fine tune my xinitrc file and am running into an annoying > problem. The last line in it which was there when I intially installed > freebsd 2.2.2, brings up an xterm window which is called login. This appears > whenever I start x and to exit x I have to type exit in this xterm window. > If I delete this line my X server will not start. Does this line have to be > there or is there a way to get rid of it. I will attach a copy of my xinitrc > file. The problem is more likely that your X server starts and then stops again. You should ensure that the last command in your .xinitrc doesn't complete: when this happens, the server stops. I'd suggest starting the window manager last. I don't see a window manager in your .xinitrc; how do you start it? Greg
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