Re: X startup and authorization

2010-05-26 Thread tom fogal
Hi Alan, thanks for your reply. I hit a snag + worked around it, and so I wanted to report back to the list for posterity. Comments/suggestions of course still welcome. Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com writes: tom fogal wrote: The first issue is startup: we fork and then exec

X startup and authorization

2010-05-24 Thread tom fogal
We've got a parallel application which can start up some X servers and use them as a `render farm' in some sense. I'm looking for some advice on how I can improve the existing setup. The first issue is startup: we fork and then exec `xinit' in the child; the parent sets the appropriate DISPLAY