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From: grefen@wilbur.uni-mainz.de (Stefan Grefen)
Subject: Re: help needed with X386
Message-ID: <4UT5PRN@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de>
Sender: grefen@wilbur (Stefan Grefen)
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Organization: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
References:  <1992Aug7.032219.4649@newshub.sdsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 08:26:16 GMT
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In article <1992Aug7.032219.4649@newshub.sdsu.edu>, boyns@newshub.sdsu.edu (Mark
Boyns) writes:
[ Stuff deletet ]
|> Also, when I try an use xdm it complains about not being able to create/lock
|> the pid file, even when the file does not exist before it creates it.
|> 
The pid file must exist with mode 0666. This seems to be a bug in 386BSD.
|> Any help would be appreciated.
Hope this helps, it worked for me.
|> 
|> Mark
|> -- 
|> Mark Boyns
|> boyns@sciences.sdsu.edu

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