From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 23 07:35:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA00105 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 07:35:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from houseofduck.ml.org (geo-160.remote.dti.net [206.252.145.160]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA29998 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 07:35:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shaggy@houseofduck.ml.org) Received: from houseofduck.ml.org (localhost.ml.org [127.0.0.1]) by houseofduck.ml.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA21028; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:37:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <344F610F.597E7B53@houseofduck.ml.org> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:37:03 -0400 From: Joshua Fielden Reply-To: jfielden@geocities.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03b8 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-970930-RELENG i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey CC: rknebel@csrlink.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xinitrc file References: <344DF3BF.C0B8669@mail.infocom.etecsa.cu> <19971022183056.15649@my.domain> <19971023100508.44616@lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 22, 1997 at 06:30:56PM -0400, rknebel@csrlink.net wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to fine tune my xinitrc file and am running into an annoying > > problem. The last line in it which was there when I intially installed > > freebsd 2.2.2, brings up an xterm window which is called login. This appears > > whenever I start x and to exit x I have to type exit in this xterm window. > > If I delete this line my X server will not start. Does this line have to be > > there or is there a way to get rid of it. I will attach a copy of my xinitrc > > file. > > The problem is more likely that your X server starts and then stops > again. You should ensure that the last command in your .xinitrc > doesn't complete: when this happens, the server stops. I'd suggest > starting the window manager last. I don't see a window manager in > your .xinitrc; how do you start it? > > Greg I had the same sort of issue, my afterstep would not start if it was the last thing in my rc file, with an "&" so I just took the "&" off. so the end of my .xinitrc is: # start some nice programs oclock & afterstep The only reason I put the oclock there first is so it grabs the upper-left corner before anything else. I launch all my other start-up programs from my ~/.steprc file. Hope this helps. -- Joshua Fielden, Systems Administrator, GeoCities. jfielden@geocities.com (212)686-9045 x 233 vox (917)953-1439 pgr pagejosh@houseofduck.ml.org alpha pager #include