James Pinto wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Armin K. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 08/12/2012 03:09 PM, James Pinto wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I get the following error when runnning a make check on the gcr
>> package:--
>>> TEST: test-system-prompt... (pid=30838)
>>>     /gcr/system-prompt/open:
>>> (test-system-prompt:30838): Gcr-CRITICAL **: mock prompter couldn't get
>>> session
>>> bus address: Command line `dbus-launch
>>> --autolaunch=c82621a450b73a6b3cfb397e50029eb5 --binary-syntax
>>> --close-stderr' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Autolaunch error:
>>> X11 initialization failed.\n
>>> FAIL

>> Are you running it from an X session?

> No I wasnt..
>
> After I ran it in an x session (xinit) and it worked.
>
> The reason I dont like using the xinit and then typing commands there is
> not enough place in the xinit window and theres no scrollbar. So I prefer
> the larger screen, is there a way to get xterm x session with a scrollbar?
>
> I used to be able to go into xterm using startx but after I installed
> fluxbox I had changed it to run fluxbox on startx.

man xterm:

xterm -sb -rightbar -sl 200

BTW, using xinit directly is hard.  It's a lot easier to use twm until 
you get a better window manager running:

$ cat .xinitrc
xterm  -g 80x40+0+0   &
exec twm

$ startx

   -- Bruce


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