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Re: startx change from pre1-v1 to pre1-v2



On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 01:05:51PM -0400, James LewisMoss wrote:
> Previously (4.2.0-pre1v1 and before) the following worked:
> 
> startx >! var/log/startx.eeyore 2>&1
> 
> After the screens (xinerama setup) would get to the point where they
> were both showing the crosshatch pattern and then X would exit.
> 
> But now:
> 
> startx
> 
> works.  (i.e. no out/err redirection)
> 
> So was there a change in how startx or associated scripts deal with
> out and err before and after?

I don't think so.  But regular startx should always have worked.

xdm was broken in 4.2.0-0pre1v1.

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