--- Jehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicholas Wourms wrote: > > --- Jehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Nicholas Wourms wrote: > >> > >>>--- Jehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>If you search the archives, others have already made icons ready for > >> > >>you > >> > >>>use :). > >> > >>Well, I had this one for quite a while already. > >> > >> > >>>I wonder why not just can all the dos stuff by having the > >>>batch file call bash which then calls startxwin.sh? One file is > >> > >>*much* > >> > >>>easier to maintain then two. Anywho, let me know your thoughts on > >> > >>this.. > >> > >>That would be nice I agree. But for what I see on this mailing list, > >>lots of people have problems with startxwin.sh (.xinitrc and > .Xautorithy > >> > >>stuff) while very few people complain about startxwin.bat. So until we > > >>can have startxwin.sh to work as is for most people, I think it's > better > >> > >>to stick with the batch file for now. > >> > > > > > > You are mistaking "startx" for "startxwin.sh". startxwin.sh is > basically > > the same thing as startxwin.bat, but without all the nasty path > > conversions and soforth. Look again, it has nothing to do with > .xinitrc > > and .Xauthority. > > One would think so but no. I have an old .Xauthority from a linux > account. If I use this one and run X with startxwin.sh, I get a bunch of > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > xsetroot: unable to open display ':0.0' > > for each application I try to run. > If I use an empty .Xauthority, then everything works fine. Well, not > everything actually but at least I have xterm starting. I don't know > what differs between the shell and the batch version of startxwin, but > there is definitely something. > > Jehan
Well this is obviously a bug in X and needs to be fixed. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, but it just seems a bit silly to have two identical scripts for two different situations. I'm of the camp that loves reusable code... Cheers, Nicholas __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com