Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mtunx!mtuxo!mtgzz!avr 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> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ Lines: 12 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)