Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:21:22 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: "Roger M." <rogermartucc@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems with X-Windows Message-ID: <36A60282.736695D1@seattleu.edu> References: <19990120020356.25446.qmail@hotmail.com>
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> Hi, Eric > > Thank you, very much!!! > > You were right! The problem can be partially solved by editting the > xinitrc file. > > When we install FreeBSD at the first time, the default xinitrc file > looks something like it: > > #!/bin/sh > > userresources= .... > usermodmap= ... > sysresources= ... > sysmodmap= ... > > (etc ....) > > #start some nice programs > > twm & > xclock -geometry .... > xterm -gemometry... > exec xterm .... > > So I changed 'twm &' to the end of the file and it turned to: > > #start some nice programs > > xclock -geometry ... > xterm -geometry.... > > twm (without '&') > > I noticed that the screen now doesn´t freeze (when I choose quit option > the X-Window really quits), but that boring error message remains: "... > xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on Xserver :0.0 ". Can't say, I've always just ignored it as something that happens when you close an xterm. > By the other hand, when I disable the xterm window (putting '#' at the > beggining of 'xterm' line), this message disappears. Don't know... > Would it be a conflict between xterm and the Xserver? Some suggestions? > > I'd be glad if I heard something from you. Its best to send your questions back to the list, rather than directly to respondants. I've cc'ed the list in case anyone has further questions. > Thanks, again > > Roger M. > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com hotmail == NT, bleh. -- Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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