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Started by Dr. Albert Hybl
Thu, 15 Jun 1995 00:00
Re: XFree86 start up problems
Author: Dr. Albert Hybl
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 00:00
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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