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Re: xinitrc problem



Hi,

On 17/02/07, David Robinson <email@hidden> wrote:
[stuff deleted]
# start the window manager

exec wmaker &
exec xterm &

and here is the console message

[stuff deleted]
Quitting XDarwin...

The last line should be just exec xterm

(i.e., delete the "&"). The xinitrc script must continue running until
you decide to end your session. With the "&", xterm goes into the
background and xinitrc ends immediately, thus terminating your X
session.

Happy Chinese New Year
--
cheers,
-ambrose

Don't trust everything you read in Wikipedia.
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