Re: Xwindows starts then shuts down

[aderhaag wolfenet com (Alan E. Derhaag)]

"Fred W. Noltie Jr." <criterion-consulting usinternet com> writes:

> On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Nickolas Means wrote:
> 
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> #I have no idea what file I might have messed with that would cause it do
> #this or any idea of where to begin to try to fix the problem.  Does
> #anyone have any ideas as to what I can do?
> 
> One or two possibilities come to mind...any of which could possibly do
> this.
> 
> 1) no window manager listed in .xinitrc
> 
> 2) buggy window manager that's crashing instantly -- because of a
>    change to a configuration?
> 
> 3) an entry in .xinitrc before the window manager that doesn't end
>    with an ampersand (the '&' character)
> 

Another possibility is a stale /tmp/.X0-lock file that tells the
manager another is still operating.  The .xsession-errors should also
indicate the problem.