Re: CLI challenged
Re: CLI challenged
- Subject: Re: CLI challenged
- From: Stephen Truitt <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 13:37:58 -0400
Actually I fixed that only on my ibook at the office, not the imac at
home. Perhaps I should check the file at home as well.
> you missed his post from 9/29 where he listed his ~/.xinitrc file.
>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm&
>> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm
>
> also, I don't normally get that error message when I start up X (and I
> don't run X11.app as root)
>
> XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> [DRI] screen 0 installation complete
> Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0)
>
> On Oct 6, 2004, at 11:23 PM, John Davidorff Pell wrote:
>
>> Actually, you haven't and the reply you got won't help. The "error"
>> your seeing actually we *all* get, unless we run as root (which is
>> stupid) or we have scripts to do the chown automatically (and at each
>> boot).
>>
>> the problem you are seeing is that nothing is keeping the X server
>> running. The X11.app doesn't stay open, and all you see is what you
>> quoted in the console log, right?
>>
>> If the xterm flashes, then disappears it looks like you (or someone
>> else) may have added an "&" to the end a line in /etc/xinitrc or
>> ~/.xinitrc (both text files, FYI) that is supposed to NOT have an "&"
>> (so that the program does not give up control and go into the
>> background). If you have a ~/.xinitrc, then make sure that the last
>> line is "exec quartz-wm" (unless you use a different WM, which I'm
>> guessing you don't).
>>
>> If X11.app launches, then quites and the xterm does NOT flash on the
>> screen, it looks like you may have an ~/.xinitrc that does nothing, or
>> nothing useful. Try moving it out of the way. (in terminal: "mv
>> ~/.xinitrc ~/xinitrc.bak") If things work now, then you can delete the
>> file. If you have something that you want to keep in your ~/.xinitrc
>> then you should edit this file and make sure that the "exec quartz-wm"
>> is at the end. (it might look like just "quartz-wm", add the "exec".
>> if it ends in a "&", then that is exactly your problem).
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> JP
>>
>> P.S. if you have any questions, ask away!
>>
>> On 5 Oct 2004, at 16:31, Stephen Truitt wrote:
>>
>>> My Xterm on iMac G3 starts up and dies with the following message:
>>> ============
>>> XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System
>>> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
>>> _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
>>> [DRI] screen 0 installation complete
>>> Screen 0 added: 1024x768 @ (0,0)
>>> Quitting XDarwin...
>>> ===================
>>> displayed in the Console log. I cannot seem to figure out what the
>>> exact command to do this is. I know it uses "chown" or I think so,
>>> but I don't know how to indicate the owner change is to root.
>>>
>>> Help appreciated, assuming I have identified the problem.
>>>
>>> Steve Truitt
>>>
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