At Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:15:00 -0500, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote: Subject: Re: Tweeking xterm -title > > "startx -- --" fails > > I does not start that xterm. I see 3 xterms instead of 4 xterms. > > When I kill X11 (press CTRL-d), that last xterm often shows up; > then it too gets killed. I think you're going to have to show your work and explain your reasoning for everything, including what you mean by "fails". (Startx doesn't "fail" if it starts an Xserver and runs your ~/.xinitrc -- those actions are the very definition of "functions correctly".) (Also, one doesn't kill the X11 server by pressing <ctrl-d> -- though that might eventually have the same effect if it were done in the xterm window which was the last xterm started by your ~/.xinitrc.) I.e. all relevant scripts (especially the content of your ~/.xinitrc), plus a transcript (e.g. from script(1)) of the terminal session where you run startx from the point where you run it to the point where a shell prompt appears again, ideally followed immediately by an "echo $?" command as well. Also, what exactly happens if you remove/rename your ~/.xinitrc and then run "startx"? -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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