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Re: X11 will not spawn windows



Rich Cook wrote:
> Your information is too vague.
> What do you mean "refuses to spawn other windows?"  Exactly what do
> you do with your mouse and keyboard that produce unexpected results,
> and what exact results do you see?
>

Sorry, my bad. What I mean is nothing else will spawn: Not emacs, not
xclock, not another xterm, etc. from typing the corresponding command in
the one, initial xterm that I do sometimes get. Furthermore, open-x11
also exhibits the same behavior.

Thanks for the fast response!

Best,

X

> On Jun 19, 2007, at 10:22 AM, X wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> For whatever reason, X now refuses to spawn any other windows other than
>> the initial xterm when starting X11, and sometimes I do not even get
>> that. I have searched google, combed through the logs,  trashed my
>> .plists, repaired permissions, rm any .Xdefaults and .xinitrc files,
>> tried a different user account, rebooted, etc. Is there any debug
>> settings I can use to try to pin this down? Better yet, has anyone else
>> experienced this? In case it matters, I am on a fully patched, Tiger G5.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance or sympathy any of you can provide.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> X
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