On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:43:41AM +0100, Peter Finderup Lund wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Andrew V. Stiegmann wrote:
> 
> >     If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
> >     and start again.
> >
> > I am a newbie, so i am not familiar with deleting this file from the
> > text interface.
> 
> rm /tmp/.X0-lock
> 
> (you might need to be root)

Couldn't we have X look for a running process, and if none found,
delete the lock?

If not automatically, then ask the user whether to.

It does seem rather silly to bother the user about this.

JohnFlux


> 
> -Peter
> 
> "We need to see ex-girlfriends occasionally so that we remember why we
> aren't with them anymore."
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