On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Tasos Drosopoulos wrote: > 3. OK now, request help for this: My preference in using Linux is doing > most of my editing work on a console and only when I need graphics go to > X-windows. So I prefer to use startx and not xdm. The XFree86 3.2 that > comes with slackware works fine. However, with debian, the screen > flashes once, X-windows seem to come up for a second and then promptly > exit. Obviously, I need to do some additional configuration. Something > to do with the window managers perhaps? I would appreciate any pointers > / suggestions on this.
You'll need some sort of ~/.xinitrc to sole this one, I believe. The .xinitrc file contains personal choices of what to run at X-startup. At least one of the command lines contained within should _NOT_ be run in the background, to keep the .xinitrc (essentially just another script) from completing (and falling out the bottom). I use xcon (which is merely a symbolic link to xterm) as my non-backgrounded process; when I exit the "xcon", I exit X-windows. My .xinitrc: #! /bin/sh # # Backgrounded jobs process immediately # # xbiff - visual "new mail". xbiff -update 3 -bg black -fg blue -geometry 96x96+0+0 & # xclock - self explanatory xclock -bg black -fg red -hd white -update 1 -geometry 96x96+104+0 & # xsysinfo - kernel activity/usage indicator xsysinfo -geometry 206x100-200+0 & # fvwm - window manager fvwm & # xhost - allows x clients onto this server. # coral is general purpose academic server. # reef was general purpose academic server, was mailhost. # templinux is my Linux server. (this is templin-wks, my workstation). xhost coral reef templinux # NON BACKGROUNDED - this script (and therefore xinit) exits when # this process finishes. # xcon - symlink to xterm (allows for different behavior in .fvwmrc xcon -C -geometry 80x6+312+0 Hope this helps. --Pete _______________________________________________________________ Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
