On Wed, Dec 10, 1997 at 05:51:40AM +0800, Bryan Barcelo wrote: > At 04:32 PM 12/10/97 +0100, Sten Anderson wrote: > >"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. > > > Well, that's right. All the commands in my .xinitrc script end in & except > for the one loading the window manager. Thanks.
The window manager should always be last too. Specifically, the last command should not end in &, but it's most useful if that's the window manager. You could make it xclock or something, but then you'd have to kill the clock somehow to logout. hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
