whoops, this should have gone to the list too. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > >It is NOT necessary for the last command to be started with exec. In > > >fact, exec should only be used on the window manager, and only if that > > >is the last command in .xinitrc. The problem is more likely the use of > > >&'s. Every program started in .xinitrc should have & appended EXCEPT > > >the window manager. Doesn't a /bin/sh stick around if you don't use exec? Or did that change at some point? I think I put exec in my .xsession before the windowmanager when I first installed debian (buzz) to make the /bin/sh go away, and it's been there ever since. TL -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .