On 5 Aug 2005, at 22:13, Dave Vasilevsky wrote: > >On Aug 5, 2005, at 3:53 AM, Miguel ?ngel P?rez Torres wrote: > >>I often encounter the following problem after I have quit X11 >>(under Tiger) >>and try to make it run again: >>(a) X11 seems to run but it simply "explodes" before opening any >>xterm; >>(b) X11 manages to open an xterm, but doesn't show any prompt, so >>I have to "force quit" X11 and make another try; >>(c) X11 manages to open an xterm, which "explodes" after 1-2 >seconds. >> >>I cannot find any explanation to this unstable behaviour, so I >>would appreciate any help from you. >> > >This sounds a bit like the luit non-UTF8 bug. Try running 'sudo >chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/luit' and then opening X11. > >Dave > There's also some kind of problem with xterms that fits this description. It can happen if you close xterms with cmd-w or the red close button rather than typing 'exit' in them. Cases (a) and (c) may be identical but you're not fast enough to catch the xterm exploding, or if not this only explains (b) and (c) and the first one remains a mystery.
In case (b) you may find you can open another xterm and kill the offending one with xkill. There's unfortunately no proper solution to this bug that I've come across See also http://discussions.info.apple.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.68ada932 amongst other places this problem has raised its head. (Most of the 'solutions' there do not work or simply do not apply, eg my xterms which suffer this problem have never been login shells. Using Dave's luit suggestion also makes no difference to me) -- Edd ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
