Apparently the problem is the quoted $REALSTARTUP variable in the exec
command of /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start. I removed the quotes
and it's fine. I guess there were newlines chars in there or something, which
are maintained if you quote a shell variable.
Mike
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 05:13:35AM -0700, Charles Baker wrote:
> I upgraded sid last night too and it started up fine.
> Wonder what the problem is????
>
> --- "Michael P. Soulier" <michael.soulier@home.com>
> wrote:
> > So, I just upgraded, and suddenly X wouldn't
> > startup anymore. I'd end up
> > with an error in my $HOME/.xsession file stating
> > something like
> >
> > /usr/bin/ssh-agent sh /home/msoulier/.xsession: no
> > such file or directory
> >
> > I just hacked the
> > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start file, and
> > put in the line
> >
> > exec /bin/sh /home/msoulier/.xsession
> >
> > It started up fine. So, something's wrong with
> > the X startup scripts, and
> > the $REALSTARTUP variable isn't right, apparently.
> >
> > I'll log the bug report, but watch out on your
> > next upgrade.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > --
> > Michael P. Soulier <michael.soulier@home.com>, GnuPG
> > pub key: 5BC8BE08
> > "Pretty soon, massive bloat is the industry standard
> > and everyone is using
> > huge, buggy programs not even their developers can
> > love."
> > -Eric S. Raymond, The Art of Unix Programming
> >
>
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>
>
>
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Michael P. Soulier <michael.soulier@home.com>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08
"Pretty soon, massive bloat is the industry standard and everyone is using
huge, buggy programs not even their developers can love."
-Eric S. Raymond, The Art of Unix Programming
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