Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:46:51PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sat,09.Aug.08, 17:04:47, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>> I put this at the bottom of my family members' .bashrc files. Works like
> >>> a charm.
> >>>
> >>> if [ "$TERM" == "linux" ]; then
> >>> startx
> >>> exit
> >>> fi
> If I try to run startx with X already active I get:
>
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
> If this server is no longer running remove /tmp/.X0-lock
> and try again
>
> And eventually it will return the prompt. I think most cases will be
> covered by something like:
>
> ,----
> | if [ "$TERM" = "linux" ]; then
..cough.. ^
> | if [ ! -f /tmp/X0-lock ]; then
> | startx
> | exit
> | fi
> | fi
> `----
--
Chris.
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than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other
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