Re: [dev] Cannot start wmii

Slackware ships with an .xinitrc configured this way. it's designed
to be used as a fallback. your workflow is broken and you don't
understand x.

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Daniel Kowalski <kowal256_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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