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From: avr@mtgzz.UUCP (XMRP50000[jcm]-a.v.reed)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: ksh versus x11
Summary: The problem is in xinit
Message-ID: <4141@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 88 17:43:20 GMT
References: <350@ksr.UUCP>
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Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
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In article <350@ksr.UUCP>, benson@ksr.UUCP (Benson Margulies) writes:
< We are running X11R2 on Suns. Recently, a couple of us just decided
< to take the plunge into the korn shell. 
< I remember some postings about why we can't start x up with
< SHELL of ksh. It tends to print a message about switching to the
< new tty driver and it tends to hang. Did this indeed get discussed?
< Does anyone recall the answer?

The problem is in xinit, which does some incredibly stupid
csh-specific stuff. I initialize X with a ksh script, and it runs
just fine with ksh on my SUN 3/60.
				    Adam Reed (mtgzz!avr)