Re: X11 will not spawn windows
Re: X11 will not spawn windows
- Subject: Re: X11 will not spawn windows
- From: X <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:07:24 -0400
Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2007, 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.
>>
>
> My SWAG (Scientific Wild A**ed Guess) is that the PATH doesn't
> include /usr/X11R6/bin so it isn't finding the executables. As a
> quick check, you could go the the X11 Applications->Customize,
> and change the ``xterm'' command to ``/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm''. If
> that works, edit your $HOME/.xinitrc file to add that directory
> to the PATH. If you don't have a .xinitrc directory, copy the
> file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to $HOME/.xinitrc and edit that.
>
> You might want to set the PATH in your $HOME/.profile or
> $HOME/.bash_login files so it's generally available.
>
> Bill
>
I do not think it is a path issue.
which xterm
certainly points to the correct location.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Best,
X
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