Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-12-05 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 29/11/2014 20:19, Nem W Schlecht wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 11/29/2014 3:05 AM, Nem W Schlecht wrote: * User-defined ~/.startxwinrc files must now be executable, the final command therein must be run in the foreground, and that command's exiting will end

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-12-05 Thread Nem W Schlecht
My solution was to write a quick C program that does nothing but block on waiting to receive any signal. I named it 'xnoexit' and I call it from my .startxwinrc script in my home directory. It's been working well for me. Sorry - I'm extra picky. I didn't like seeing a 'sleep' in my 'ps' list.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-30 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/30/2014 2:44 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2014-11-30 00:36, Nem W Schlecht wrote: I had never used/run/heard of fbpanel before this release. I was seeing the same blank bar and had to do as you suggested: cp -f /usr/share/fbpanel/multiwindow ~/.config/fbpanel/ To get anything useful.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-29 Thread Nem W Schlecht
Yes, but both of those are applications that have an icon, display a window, etc. I don't want any of that. I just want X11 to *not* launch fbpanel and to *not* quit. For now, I've settled on just calling 'sleep' for 10 years. For now, I've settled on On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Marco

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-29 Thread Angelo Graziosi
Nem W Schlecht wrote: Yes, but both of those are applications that have an icon, display a window, etc. I don't want any of that. I just want X11 to *not* launch fbpanel and to *not* quit. I don't know if the following can help.. For years I start the X server with a link whose target is:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-29 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2014-11-28 16:53, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/27/2014 10:03 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: * The new default startxwinrc also launches a miniature fbpanel in the upper left corner of the screen which contains an XDG application menu (the 'X' icon) for launching X applications, plus an on-demand area

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-29 Thread Nem W Schlecht
I had never used/run/heard of fbpanel before this release. I was seeing the same blank bar and had to do as you suggested: cp -f /usr/share/fbpanel/multiwindow ~/.config/fbpanel/ To get anything useful. Might want to add this command as part of the installation process (with a simple file

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-29 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2014-11-30 00:36, Nem W Schlecht wrote: I had never used/run/heard of fbpanel before this release. I was seeing the same blank bar and had to do as you suggested: cp -f /usr/share/fbpanel/multiwindow ~/.config/fbpanel/ To get anything useful. Might want to add this command as part of the

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-28 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 11/28/2014 4:03 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution: * xinit-1.3.4-1 xinit contains commands used for starting X sessions. noticed this new warning xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of 1 For what I see

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-28 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 28/11/2014 08:45, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 11/28/2014 4:03 AM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution: * xinit-1.3.4-1 xinit contains commands used for starting X sessions. noticed this new warning xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-28 Thread Nem W Schlecht
In reference to: * User-defined ~/.startxwinrc files must now be executable, the final command therein must be run in the foreground, and that command's exiting will end the X session, just like with startx and ~/.xinitrc or ~/.Xclients. In most UNIX systems, this last command would

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

2014-11-28 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 11/29/2014 3:05 AM, Nem W Schlecht wrote: In reference to: * User-defined ~/.startxwinrc files must now be executable, the final command therein must be run in the foreground, and that command's exiting will end the X session, just like with startx and ~/.xinitrc or