[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

[Marco Atzeri]

On 11/29/2014 3:05 AM, Nem W Schlecht wrote:
> In reference to:
>
>      * User-defined ~/.startxwinrc files must now be executable, the
> final command therein must be run in the
>      foreground, and that command's exiting will end the X session,
> just like with startx and ~/.xinitrc or
>      ~/.Xclients.
>
> In most UNIX systems, this last command would be the window manager.
> I'm not liking fbpanel (although I will give it a try) and I don't
> like using an XTerm as my "last" command, since I often close/reopen
> them all when making changes to my .bashrc/.bash_profile.
>
> Are there any suggestions from the list for some *other* program that
> won't use any resources that I can use as my final foreground command?
>   I don't want it to do anything, just not let X11 exit.

xclock and xeye should be light enough

Regards
Marco

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