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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Cmdtool & xdm on xterminals
Message-ID: <9102071157.AA10709@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 7 Feb 91 11:57:32 GMT
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> I have several Sun 3/50's running as xterminals (thanks to Xkernel &
> its author), using xdm as the login prompter. The problem is that
> when starting a cmdtool (OpenWindows v. 2) the cmdtool opens
> correctly, but does not return a prompt, when started from
> ..xsession. However, xterms work correctly as do cmdtools started
> from xterms. Cmdtools started from olwm's menu do not work correctly.
> Does anyone have any idea as to what is going wrong here?

All I can suggest is that it likely has something to do with cmdtool
having or not having a control terminal, or perhaps having or not
having something open on stdin/stdout/stderr.

					der Mouse

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