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Re: about startx



On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 01:19:58PM +0800, jqdkf@zju.edu.cn wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 11:45:48PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> > 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 &
> > 
> > 
> I do this under shell:
> $ bash
> $ sx
> but nothing happens, then
> $ startx > /dev/null 2>&1 &
> and I get into X, any ideas?

Try redirecting to /tmp/sx.err instead of /dev/null, then when it
fails you can cat /tmp/sx.err and see if it contains any helpful error
messages.

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