Re: about startx

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

jqdkf@zju.edu.cn wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wrote a shell script named sx to start a X session from console, it is
> written like this
>
> $ cat bin/sx
> #!/bin/bash
> startx > /dev/null 2>&1 &
>
> This script always do the trick, but since recently I changed to sarge,
> it doesn't work. And what seems confusing is that if I type them directly 
> from console, it works well
>
> $ startx > /dev/null 2>&1 &
>
> it will start an X session. I wonder what's wrong with it?
>  
Try starting a new shell first, and see if that has the same symptoms as 
the script:

$ /bin/bash
# startx > /dev/null 2>&1 &


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Kent West (westk@acu.edu)