hi all,
i noticed threads about X in unstable being unusable, but couldn't
find the time to scan them, so i am posting this with a report from my
system...
for like 4-5 days now, xdm (v4) fails to start my .xsession. before
that, i've had X crash while i moved a window in WindowMaker, and
since i rarely restart X, the problems could be 2 weeks old.
i can identify four of them, some might be dependent and caused by
others - they are indented as i see fit.
(1) xdm reports
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: /usr/bin/ssh-agent
/home/madduck/.xsession: No such file or directory
in .xsession-errors, even though .xsession is a perfectly well
written, executable script which works if i do
xinit
and then start .xsession from the xterm i get. that's how i have
to use X these days...
(2) ctrl-a and ctrl-e don't work anymore, somehow i have vi
handling in my shell - but only in X. console works just fine.
(3) startx doesn't start X anymore, but returns to the command line.
xinit works.
(4) randomly, when i move a window in X with WindowMaker as my WM, X
freezes. The system still seems fully operable, and i can still
move my mouse, but there is no control possible with the keyboard
(hence no switching consoles), and the windows can't be dragged
anymore.
any clues?
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