> #!/bin/sh > if 9p stat plumb > /dev/null 2>&1 > then > exit > else > plumber > fi > > to ensure that the plumber is running. This works nicely for me, as I > can exit and restart acme, and the plumber continues running. When I > log out of this linux system, however, it appears that the plumber is not > killed, and the next time I log in and start acme, the script sees that > the plumber is still running and doesn't start it. Unfortunately, that > running plumber doesn't seem to be work right because when I click on a > URL in acme it doesn't get opened in my web browser. I have to kill and > restart the plumber to get this to work.
The problem is that the old plumber does not have access to your new X desktop, so it cannot start a new firefox nor can it tell one running on the new desktop to do anything. The solution is to restart plumber always, perhaps in your .xinitrc. Russ
