Re: Something i've noticed
Re: Something i've noticed
- Subject: Re: Something i've noticed
- From: "Mark E. Perkins" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:45:10 -0500
On 2007/02/18 03:58, David Robinson wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've just noticed something, but am not sure if this has any bearing on
> the problem. At the top of the file there are calls to user resources
> and modmap. Yet when I do an ls -all in the $home directory these files
> seem to be missing. Would this have any bearing?
In a word, No. In a few more words, that's what the 'if [ -f <whatever> ]'
constructs are all about.
Have you tried making the changes that I suggested? In particular, the last
version of .xinitrc that you posted showed the last two lines to be:
exec wmaker &
exec xterm
This is guaranteed to do what you are seeing. Why? Because of what 'exec'
does. In the above case, 'exec wmaker &' replaces xinit with wmaker, which is
run to completion in the background, then quits. Since wmaker replaced xinit
(via the exec), the 'exec xterm' will ***never*** run. (Try 'man sh' and read
it all for better understanding.)
Please change these two lines to:
xterm &
exec wmaker
and tell us what happens. Take careful note that there is only one '&' and
only one 'exec' in the above.
Mark
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