Hi guys,
I had a big problem with my laptop earlier in the week and had to re-install
Linux .. I also re-installed XF 4.1.99.
When I log in as an ordinary user and type "startx" I get
"Stdout and/or stderr is a pipe"
and X refuses to start "becuase of unsafe environment"
However, if I type "x
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 11:28:14AM -, sjb wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>I had a big problem with my laptop earlier in the week and had to re-install
>Linux .. I also re-installed XF 4.1.99.
>
>When I log in as an ordinary user and type "startx" I get
>
>"Stdout and/or stderr is a pipe"
>
>and X refuses
- Original Message -
From: "David Dawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Could you send me the output of "sh -x `which startx`" ?
Strangely "which startx" returns nothing for both root and an ordinary user
.. however ... "which xinit" returns
ottaky@linux:~> which xinit
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit
-rw
- Original Message -
From: "sjb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> linux:/home/ottaky # find / -name 'startx'
> /root/xc/xc/programs/xinit/startx
> /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
Trying the blindingly obvious
cd /usrX11R6/bin
./startx
Works BTW.
D'oh .. I guess I should have done that from the start ;-
