From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 23:54:55 +0000, bad sector wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 23:46:33 +0000, bad sector wrote:   
   >   
   >> The long of the short is that all I have to do is move the line to   
   >> .xinitrc in Slakware and not include it anywhere in the other distros   
   >   
   > ahemmm, i.e. include it in .profile or .xinitrc for all others   
      
   /If you must/ place the startup of an X application in one of the   
   non-X script libraries (~/.profile, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, etc)   
   then you should wrap it in a test for the value of $DISPLAY, as in   
      
     [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] && xeyes &   
   or   
     if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]   
     then   
       xeyes   
     else   
       echo Not in X, cant start xeyes   
     fi   
      
      
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