On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 11:28:14AM -0000, 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 to start "becuase of unsafe environment" > >However, if I type "xinit", everything starts properly. > >(If I log in as root, both "startx" and "xinit" work) > >It's not a big deal because I can start and run X, but does anybody know >what the error message means and how I can fix it?
This was added as a possible workaround for a problem that was reported here recently with the X server blocking because it's stderr output was going to less. I also set stderr to non-blocking for non-root users, so it may be OK to remove the pipe check. Could you send me the output of "sh -x `which startx`" ? David -- David Dawes Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tungsten Graphics, Inc http://www.tungstengraphics.com Founder/President, Release Engineer Phone: +1 570 764 0288 The XFree86 Project, Inc http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
