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." > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 -- _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

