zsh 3.0.5 and Windowmaker on Solaris 7

zsh 3.0.5 and Windowmaker on Solaris 7

[Mikael Hansen]

Hi

I have a problem and I would like to hear if anybody has had the same
problem. 

When I login on a host with Windowmaker as my windowmanager and zsh as
login shell I get the following error in my .dt/startlog:

--- Thu Jun 22 08:47:22 MET DST 2000
--- /usr/dt/bin/Xsession starting...
--- Xsession started by Xsession
--- setting font path...
/usr/openwin/bin/xset:  bad font path element (#42), possible causes are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax
/usr/openwin/bin/xset:  bad font path element (#42), possible causes are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax
/usr/openwin/bin/xset:  bad font path element (#42), possible causes are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax
--- starting /usr/dt/bin/dtsession_res -load -system
--- sourcing /user/mhansen/.dtprofile...
--- sourcing /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths...
--- sourcing /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0015.sun.env...
--- sourcing /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0020.dtims...
--- sourcing /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0030.dttmpdir...
--- sourcing /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/0040.xmbind...
--- sourcing /usr/dt/config/Xsession.d/1000.solregis...
--- starting /usr/dt/bin/dthello -string 'Starting the OpenWindows
Desktop' &
--- starting /usr/dt/bin/dtsearchpath
--- starting /usr/dt/bin/dtappgather &
--- starting /usr/dt/bin/dsdm &
--- session log file is
/user/mhansen/.dt/sessionlogs/mega.cs.auc.dk_DISPLAY=solaris:0
--- DTSOURCEPROFILE is 'true' (see /user/mhansen/.dtprofile)
--- execing /usr/dt/config/Xsession.ow2 with a /usr/dist/bin/zsh login
shell ...
--- starting desktop on /dev/pts/5
ESC[HESC[2J  8:47am  up 42 day(s), 55 min(s),  5 users,  load
average: 0.03, 0.01, 0.02
/usr/dt/bin/ttsession[19471]: starting
/usr/dt/bin/Xsession[739]: 19449 Hangup
X connection to solaris:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

As it can be seen the connection is just terminated. The funny thing is
that this only happens when the host is running Solaris 7 on a Sparc
platform, not Intel.

If I change the shell to bash I have no problem at all. Any ideas?

There is no funny stuff in my .zlogin that could be the source of
problem.

Best regards and thanks
	Mikael Hansen            

"We are Microsoft. You will be assimilated.      
	Resistance is Futile."             
    

            
      

Re: zsh 3.0.5 and Windowmaker on Solaris 7

[Bart Schaefer]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Mikael Hansen wrote:

> When I login on a host with Windowmaker as my windowmanager and zsh as
> login shell I get the following error in my .dt/startlog:
> 
> /usr/dt/bin/ttsession[19471]: starting
> /usr/dt/bin/Xsession[739]: 19449 Hangup
> X connection to solaris:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 
> As it can be seen the connection is just terminated.

Is zsh listed in /etc/shells ?

You might try placing the command

	setopt xtrace

in ~/.zshenv so that you can see whether zsh is starting at all.  You
should also check for an /etc/zshenv file that might be doing something
unexpected.

Re: zsh 3.0.5 and Windowmaker on Solaris 7

[Mikael Hansen]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Bart Schaefer wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Mikael Hansen wrote:
> 
> > When I login on a host with Windowmaker as my windowmanager and zsh as
> > login shell I get the following error in my .dt/startlog:
> > 
> > /usr/dt/bin/ttsession[19471]: starting
> > /usr/dt/bin/Xsession[739]: 19449 Hangup
> > X connection to solaris:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> > 
> > As it can be seen the connection is just terminated.
> 
> Is zsh listed in /etc/shells ?

Yeps.
> 
> You might try placing the command
> 
> 	setopt xtrace

I've tried that. Is it correct that it only lists the trace to the
terminal? Anyway. Zsh gets started because I have clear and uptime as the
last commands in my .zlogin, and as it can be seen in original posting it
is fired up...  

> 
> in ~/.zshenv so that you can see whether zsh is starting at all.  You
> should also check for an /etc/zshenv file that might be doing something
> unexpected.

There are no global zshenv file.
> 

Best regards
	Mikael Hansen            

"We are Microsoft. You will be assimilated.      
	Resistance is Futile."             
    

            
      

Re: zsh 3.0.5 and Windowmaker on Solaris 7

[Bart Schaefer]

On Jun 23,  8:53am, Mikael Hansen wrote:
}
} > > When I login on a host with Windowmaker as my windowmanager and zsh as
} > > login shell I get the following error in my .dt/startlog:
} > > 
} > > /usr/dt/bin/ttsession[19471]: starting
} > > /usr/dt/bin/Xsession[739]: 19449 Hangup
} > > X connection to solaris:0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
} > > 
} > > As it can be seen the connection is just terminated.

Hmm, I just remembered something ... in the ChangeLog for 3.0.8 there is
this entry:

        * Src/exec.c, Src/globals.h, Src/init.c, Src/builtin.c: Fix
        improper redirection of xtrace output; unlock terminal device on
        Solaris as per zsh-workers/5118; misc. insignificant typos.

So I suggest you try installing zsh 3.0.8 instead of 3.0.5 and see if
that makes the problem go away.

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