Re: [dev] Cannot start wmii

On 09/04/2011 02:26 AM, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote:
> Þann lau 3.sep 2011 23:42, skrifaði Daniel Kowalski:
>> On 09/03/2011 06:45 PM, hiro wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 18:21, Daniel Kowalski<kowal256_AT_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have You started X server before running wmii?
>>>> (You shouldn't start wm like that, add it to .xinitrc and use startx)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>>
>> When I start x server I get xterm window from which I can start wm
>> directly, if window gets killed (accidentaly) wm dies and brings down
>> other apps. (It happened to me once, and I lost some unsaved work)
>>
>>
> Are you sure the X server is starting xterm, and not xinit or another
> wrapper script?

No. It was some time ago (Slackware 11). As far as I remember I used
xinit to start X, but killing this xterm window was fatal to X server.

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