Alan Su wrote: > > Sten Anderson wrote (10 Dec 1997 16:32:12 +0100 ): > |>"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > |> > |>> These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't > |>> installed these X extensions. If you're using your own .xinitrc, > |>> are you sure that the last command uses 'exec' rather than just > |>> running a program? This would cause the X server to immediately exit. > |> > |>It is NOT necessary for the last command to be started with exec. In > |>fact, exec should only be used on the window manager, and only if that > |>is the last command in .xinitrc. The problem is more likely the use of > |>&'s. Every program started in .xinitrc should have & appended EXCEPT > |>the window manager. > |> > > Is there something wrong with using exec on an xterm, rather than a > window manager? I'm currently doing that which makes the duration of > an x session depend on the xterm rather than the window manager (which > is what I prefer), and I haven't run into any problems. Am I doing > something inherently bad?
No, Sten is just putting a fine point on the discussion: that you don't *have* to 'exec' the last command (ie. you can alternately just run it without '&' as long as the program won't exit before you're done with X). -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
