Re: Fwd: xinitrc problem
Re: Fwd: xinitrc problem
- Subject: Re: Fwd: xinitrc problem
- From: Michael Reilly <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:19:20 -0700
Unless things have changed the X11 server exits when the process running the
.xinitrc script exits. Change these two lines
exec wmaker &
exec xterm &
wmaker &
exec xterm
and you'll be OK. The X11 session will hang around until the xterm exits.
If it were me I do it this way.
xterm&
exec wmaker
so the session stays until I tell windowmaker to exit.
Either way the exec command is *only* on the last line in .xinitrc and there is
no '&' character on the end of that line.
Remember that exec replaces the current executable (your shell in this case)
with the wmaker executable so the process continues to run.
BTW the error regarding the font path is due an error in the X11 configuration
by Apple. Most vendors make a similar error and it is nothing to worry about.
michael
David Robinson wrote:
Hi guys, made some changes to the file and also placed the file into the
$Home directory. Using a plain text editor. Same thing is happening
though the errors in the console are now different.
By the way, thanks for all the help. I really appreciate it.
Here is the file
#! sw/bin/init.sh
# $Id: xinitrc,v 1.3 2004/06/11 04:37:23 jharper Exp $
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
fi
if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$sysmodmap"
fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
# start some nice programs
# quartz-wm &
# start the window manager
exec wmaker &
exec xterm &
and here is the console message
XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / 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: 1680x1050 @ (0,0)
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing
from list!
Quitting XDarwin...
cheers
Dave
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