Re: 10.3.2 has broken X11 PART II
Re: 10.3.2 has broken X11 PART II
- Subject: Re: 10.3.2 has broken X11 PART II
- From: "Dave Williss" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:07:28 -0600
If it worked correctly with an empty .xinitrc before, that was
an error. An empty .xinitrc *should* cause the behavior
you're reporting (see previous reply by Martin Costabel)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steffen Hokland" <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: 10.3.2 has broken X11 PART II
> On Dec 19, 2003, at 3:42 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
> > Steffen Hokland wrote:
> >> The problem seems to be that i have an ~.xinitrc file. When I move it
> >> X11.app works fine. It doesn't seem to be the contents of ~.xinitrc
> >> either since I've tried running X11.app with an empty ~.xinitrc file,
> >> which results in crash as well. It's wierd though since no crash
> Sure - of course, I mistyped in my mail. The point is, that my .xinitrc
file worked under 10.3.1. I could export DISPLAY=:0 and start X11 process
from Terminal.app. I can't any more - not even open a xterm from X11.app as
long as I have a .xinitrc file.
>
> I think I'm going for a reinstall and see what happens.
>
> Thanks to all
> Steffen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: email@hidden on behalf of Michael George
> Sent: Fri 19/12/2003 13:30
> To: email@hidden
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: 10.3.2 has broken X11 PART II
>
> On Dec 19, 2003, at 3:42 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
> > Steffen Hokland wrote:
> >> The problem seems to be that i have an ~.xinitrc file. When I move it
> >> X11.app works fine. It doesn't seem to be the contents of ~.xinitrc
> >> either since I've tried running X11.app with an empty ~.xinitrc file,
> >> which results in crash as well. It's wierd though since no crash
> >> report appears - the app just kinda quits. Anyway it's beyond me...
> >
> > An empty ~/.xinitrc file will show this behavior, this is normal. It
> > is no crash, it is just X11 quitting after finishing its job, namely
> > running the clients listed in the ~/.xinitrc file (which in the case
> > of an empty file is finished rather quickly ;-) ).
> >
> > So the bet remains on your ~/.xinitrc file.
>
> I concur. The last line in my .xinitrc file is "exec quartz-wm" which
> will replace the running of the .xinirc script with the process which
> is the window manager. Since that continues to run, X11 continues to
> run. When I exit the WM, X11 will exit.
>
> -Michael
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