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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.
> 
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-- 
Eric Hodel
hodeleri@seattleu.edu

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