On 12 Dec 1997, Sten Anderson wrote:
> Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Yes, by using exec to launch a command from a script, the process
> associated with the script (/bin/sh) is replaced by the process
> associated with the command. This saves a few system resources, since
> the
At 08:50 AM 12/12/97 +0100, Sten Anderson wrote:
>Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> whoops, this should have gone to the list too.
>>
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>> On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>>
> [ I said: ]
>> > > >It is NOT necessary for the la
Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> whoops, this should have gone to the list too.
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
[ I said: ]
> > > >It is NOT necessary for the last command to be started with exec. In
> > > >fact, exec s
whoops, this should have gone to the list too.
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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
Hamish Moffatt wrote (Thu, 11 Dec 1997 18:36:55 +1100 ):
|>On Wed, Dec 10, 1997 at 08:00:30PM -0800, Alan Su wrote:
|>> Daniel Martin at cush wrote (Wed, 10 Dec 1997 22:34:52 -0500 ):
|>> |>Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>> |>
|>> |>> The window manager should always be last too. Speci
On Wed, Dec 10, 1997 at 08:00:30PM -0800, Alan Su wrote:
> Daniel Martin at cush wrote (Wed, 10 Dec 1997 22:34:52 -0500 ):
> |>Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>
> |>> The window manager should always be last too. Specifically, the last
> |>> command should not end in &, but it's most
"Alan Su" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Daniel Martin at cush wrote (Wed, 10 Dec 1997 22:34:52 -0500 ):
> |>
> |>Depends - most window managers will send a message to all active X
> |>clients when they exit that causes them to shut down.
> |>
>
> I don't think this is right...I've fiddled a lot w
"Alan Su" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Daniel Martin at cush wrote (Wed, 10 Dec 1997 22:34:52 -0500 ):
> |>Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>
> |>> The window manager should always be last too. Specifically, the last
> |>> command should not end in &, but it's most useful if that's t
Daniel Martin at cush wrote (Wed, 10 Dec 1997 22:34:52 -0500 ):
|>Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>
|>> The window manager should always be last too. Specifically, the last
|>> command should not end in &, but it's most useful if that's the window
|>> manager. You could make it xclock o
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The window manager should always be last too. Specifically, the last
> command should not end in &, but it's most useful if that's the window
> manager. You could make it xclock or something, but then you'd
> have to kill the clock somehow to logout.
D
On Wed, Dec 10, 1997 at 05:51:40AM +0800, Bryan Barcelo wrote:
> At 04:32 PM 12/10/97 +0100, Sten Anderson wrote:
> >"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >> These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't
> >> installed these X extensions. If you're using your o
At 04:32 PM 12/10/97 +0100, Sten Anderson wrote:
>"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't
>> installed these X extensions. If you're using your own .xinitrc,
>> are you sure that the last command uses 'exec' rather tha
At 09:15 AM 12/10/97 -0600, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
>These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't
>installed these X extensions. If you're using your own .xinitrc,
>are you sure that the last command uses 'exec' rather than just
>running a program? This would cause the X ser
Alan Su wrote:
>
> Sten Anderson wrote (10 Dec 1997 16:32:12 +0100 ):
> |>"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>
> |>> These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't
> |>> installed these X extensions. If you're using your own .xinitrc,
> |>> are you sure that th
"Alan Su" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there something wrong with using exec on an xterm, rather than a
> window manager? I'm currently doing that which makes the duration of
> an x session depend on the xterm rather than the window manager (which
> is what I prefer), and I haven't run into a
Sten Anderson wrote (10 Dec 1997 16:32:12 +0100 ):
|>"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>
|>> These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't
|>> installed these X extensions. If you're using your own .xinitrc,
|>> are you sure that the last command uses 'exec' rat
Sten Anderson wrote:
>
> "Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't
> > installed these X extensions. If you're using your own .xinitrc,
> > are you sure that the last command uses 'exec' rather than just
> > running a
"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> These messages do not indicate a fatal error, only that you haven't
> installed these X extensions. If you're using your own .xinitrc,
> are you sure that the last command uses 'exec' rather than just
> running a program? This would cause the X ser
Bryan Barcelo wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Sorry to bother you again, but I found the file you said and checked it out
> and it seemed okay. I also made changes to the .xinitrc file in my
> subdirectory. It worked for fvwm2 but when I replaced fvwm2 with olvwm,
> xwindows loads up to the light blue ba
Hi Paul,
Sorry to bother you again, but I found the file you said and checked it out
and it seemed okay. I also made changes to the .xinitrc file in my
subdirectory. It worked for fvwm2 but when I replaced fvwm2 with olvwm,
xwindows loads up to the light blue background and then shuts down totally
Hello Bryan,yes there is a file that has the windows manager information.
It also tells what order to start them in. But you can only have one
running at a time. Here is mine, it is in /etc/X11/windows-managers
# This file contains a list of available window managers. The default
# Xsession file
Hi! I'm having problems running X Windows after installing it. There's no
default window manager after running 'startx' at the command prompt even
if I specified one during the installation, so I have to type whatever
window manager I want to use at the console after it starts up. Does
anyone k
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