Package: xinit Version: 1.0.9-2 The following command ends up showing "0" for $? regardless of whether or not startx actually succeeded:
startx; echo $? Within the startx script, xinit's return code may be 1, but the commands after the xinit run clobber $?. It should really be passed up to the user. I'd suggest the attached patch. Let me know if I should propose this upstream, too..
--- /usr/bin/startx.orig 2009-02-11 16:39:23.000000000 -0500 +++ /usr/bin/startx 2009-02-11 16:40:10.000000000 -0500 @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ xinit $client $clientargs -- $server $display $serverargs +retval=$? if [ x"$enable_xauth" = x1 ] ; then @@ -207,9 +208,5 @@ - - - - - +exit $retval
