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Re: startx hanging - startup problem located
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, "martouf ." <martouf5 at gmail dot com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:14:09 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: startx hanging - startup problem located
- References: <fb3f50fc050429133976e93378@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, martouf . wrote:
> thanks! I did try, and it behaved like this:
>
> 1. with "-kb" (kb ext disabled) it starts up just fine.
>
> 2. without "-kb" it 'hangs' with sh consuming >90% CPU right after the
> 'Rules' line. Ending the sh process causes XWin to wake back up and
> finish starting up then runs just fine.
Just as expected. The forked xkbcomp does still hang forever.
> // any chance at all what I'm seeing has something to do with the
> EINTR || ECHILD possibility above?
Even then the xserver should continue. But it appears to be waiting for
the child which never exits properly.
bye
ago
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