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tdphys

Member

From: Lower Mainland

Registered: 2005-06-14

Posts: 50

xorg, startup errors

Hi,

I would like to start Beryl as my standalone manager.  This necessitates loading some programs from my .xinitrc since beryl doesn't have a menu etc

The problem is,  whenever I append an "&" to my .xinitrc line loading the wm (doesn't have to be beryl, same error with wmii)
like this

 
beryl &

XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0 after 7 requests (6 known processed) with 0 events remaining

removing the & starts X up, but then I'm left with a useless xsession

help?

shilder

Member

From: Russia

Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 13

Re: xorg, startup errors

hehe :)
xinit session (and startx too of course) ends after the .xinitrc script is completed.

i think what "beryl &" is your last line in .xinitrc - it puts you beryl process into background, when .xinitrc script ends and your X session is closed :) try to simply remove `&` or add some application at the end of .xinitrc (without & of course).

usually the last application started is a wm, but sometimes it is xterm :)

PS: sorry for my english (it's crappy sometimes :)

Last edited by shilder (2007-03-14 17:45:21)

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it is somewhat difficult for me to express my thoughts in english language... so sorry me for my english

junglepeanut

Member

From: California

Registered: 2007-01-24

Posts: 145

Website

Re: xorg, startup errors

Edited From the wiki

if test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ; then
    eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
fi


beryl-manager &

# Start other applications here
# 
# Example: set wallpaper + open a terminal
#
# feh --bg-scale ~/Wallpapers/wallpaper.jpg &
# urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey80 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/dddd &

# Now start something you need all the time, like a panel
exec xfce4-panel