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From: rocky@hpfcmr.HP.COM (Rocky Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: xterm(1) doesn't work
Message-ID: <1080032@hpfcmr.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Feb 89 21:02:49 GMT
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Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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	    No window, no error report, no nothing.

Your .x11start script (which should be in $HOME) probably contains the
line "exec > /dev/null 2>&1" which throws away stdout and stderr for the
script and all of its children.  One of these children is your window
manager (probably uwm).   I'm guessing you are using the mouse and buttons
to fire off an xterm process.

If you change that line to "exec > $HOME/.x11log 2>&1" you will pick up
the error message in the file ~/.x11start.  

	    code of 32 when xterm terminates.

errno 32 is "Broken pipe".  When I got this with X10, I think my $DISPLAY
was set incorrectly or not exported.  You might try editting the .uwmrc
file to change the invocation and explicitly request a display.

Rocky Craig (ex-terminal user, X abuser :-)
Hewlett-Packard Product Support 
....!hplabs!hpfcla!rocky

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