[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-9 (major changes to multiwindow session)

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

On Wed, 2015-07-08 at 00:14 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> The answers to these two questions may be, "It's the way it's always
> been...." but I just wanted to check:
> 
> 1.  After starting the X server, is it normal for the xinit.exe
> process to still be running as shown in Windows Task Manager?  I am
> using the XDG menu, and ran startxwin with the -notrayicon option.
> The xinit.exe process does go away after exiting the X server.

Yes, since 1.3.4-1 (last November) startxwin behaves very much like
startx.

> 2.  After starting the X server, is it normal for a bash shell to be
> running, even if there are no running xterms?  The bash shell does go
> away after exiting the X xserver.

If you're using the XWin Server shortcut, yes.

--
Yaakov



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