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1 total messages Started by Dr. Albert Hybl Thu, 15 Jun 1995 00:00
Re: XFree86 start up problems
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Author: Dr. Albert Hybl
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 00:00
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In a previous post on this subject, I wrote:
>Over the last weekend, I finally installed the XFree86 binaries.
>When I executed startx, two xterm windows and an oclock were displayed.
>The following message is repeated 3 times at the top of each window?
>    _setutent: Can't open utmp file: No such file or directory
Thank to David Alan Black <dblack@pilot.njin.net> who, in an email
message, wrote:
}   Try adding the following symbolic link:
}             ln -s /etc/utmp /var/adm
After adding that symbolic link the utmp problem disappeared.
 
 
I also wrote that when I exited the windows, that I observed more
messages relating to (Broken pipe)'s.  Several persons wrote
that "they can be ignored."  I found that they go away if all
of the xterm windows are closed (via a unix exit command)
before exiting from twm via (cntl-alt-backspace) or clicking
on the Exit line in the Twm window.
 
Regards,
Albert
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