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From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
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Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution
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in message <20020305061845.E203-100000@pukruppa.de>, 
wrote Peter Ulrich Kruppa thusly...
>
> I tried
>   # startx 2 > & 1  > /var/tmp/startuplog
             ^^^^^^^
> and get
>   Ambiguous output redirect.

as such...

  ...startx is executed in background w/ argument "2", redirecting
  stdout to "somewhere" (thus the message "Ambiguous output
  redirect")...

  ...then proceed to execute a program named "1", sending its stdout
  to /var/tmp/startuplog ...

...if you nix the spaces between "2", ">", "&" and "1", you will not
get the error message as shown in previous messages.  also, don't
forget the previous message on stdout/stderr redirection order, or
check your shell man page.

 - parv

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