Re: can't execute .xinitrc file
Re: can't execute .xinitrc file
- Subject: Re: can't execute .xinitrc file
- From: Cameron Simpson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 12:41:25 +1000
On 29May2009 18:09, Bill Janssen <email@hidden> wrote:
| I've now installed 2.3.3.2, and have a problem: xinit can't seem to
| execute my .xinitrc file correctly (it's a csh script). Isn't this
| allowed?
Jeremy says it's just execed. We would need to _see_ your .xinitrc file.
| 5/29/09 3:11:15 PM org.x.startx[2652] /Users/wjanssen/.login: line 1: setenv: command not found
| 5/29/09 3:11:15 PM org.x.startx[2652] /Users/wjanssen/.login: line 7: syntax error: unexpected end of file
| 5/29/09 5:49:10 PM org.x.startx[5467] /Users/wjanssen/.login: line 1: setenv: command not found
| 5/29/09 5:49:10 PM org.x.startx[5467] /Users/wjanssen/.login: line 7: syntax error: unexpected end of file
It looks, from the error messages, that it is in fact a Bourne shell
script that _sources_ your .login.
What is the opening #! line of the .xinitirc? (May as well post the
whole thing though.)
Cheers,
--
Cameron Simpson <email@hidden> DoD#743
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