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weelkin
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:24 pm    Post subject: Cannot start X using a .xinitrc Reply with quote

Hello,

i'm simply trying to start X with a .xinitrc like this:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
exec twm &
exec xterm &


But X refuses to start with no apparent error in the log or in the console. I tried as user and as root, but no luck so far. Any ideas? It works when i delete my
xinitrc and it starts xclock and 3 xterms...
The second problem i have is that i can't start compiz. It complains about having no Xgl although the Xorg log says that AIGLX enabled is.
Maybe these Problems are somehow connected.

Thanks in advance,

weelkin
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

weelkin,

With no .xinitrc, Xorg will use the system wide default one, which starts twn, 3 xterms and xclock.
You need to install twm, xterm and xclcock for this to work.

Code:
twm &
        xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
        xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
        xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
        exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
is what I use for testig in my .xinitrc.
Its not a script, so the #!/bin/bash at the top is not normally needed.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know, why would you want to use twm, but as for .xinitrc, if every line of it is 'exec <something> &', it can't really work.
The final line needs to be in the foreground or you need to use waitpid.
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