Checking if the X Server is running

[Holger Krull]

O. Olson schrieb:
> --- Holger Krull <holger.krull@xxx.xx> ha scritto:

Teach your email program to not include the full email adress while quoting!

 
> #!/bin/sh
> if `ps | grep XWin > /dev/null`

I suggest using grep -i 
to make it case ignoring. I found a cygwin installation that has Xwin and not XWin in the process list.


> Now I modified the above shell script to: 
> 
> ----------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> if `ps | grep XWin > /dev/null`
>    then
>    	xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l
>    else
>    	XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error

My guess is access control, try adding -ac to the xwin parameters to find out.




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