Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:37:03 -0400 From: Joshua Fielden <shaggy@houseofduck.ml.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: rknebel@csrlink.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xinitrc file Message-ID: <344F610F.597E7B53@houseofduck.ml.org> References: <344DF3BF.C0B8669@mail.infocom.etecsa.cu> <19971022183056.15649@my.domain> <19971023100508.44616@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > 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 I had the same sort of issue, my afterstep would not start if it was the last thing in my rc file, with an "&" so I just took the "&" off. so the end of my .xinitrc is: # start some nice programs oclock & afterstep The only reason I put the oclock there first is so it grabs the upper-left corner before anything else. I launch all my other start-up programs from my ~/.steprc file. Hope this helps. -- Joshua Fielden, Systems Administrator, GeoCities. jfielden@geocities.com (212)686-9045 x 233 vox (917)953-1439 pgr pagejosh@houseofduck.ml.org alpha pager #include <std_disclaimers.h>
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