From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10584 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 15:08:35 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 15:08:35 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cay03-0003qV-Kq for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:08:35 +0000 Received: (qmail 17896 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 15:08:20 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 19879 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 15:08:19 +0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=Jty1xw6SERLSAZyA6N/tLo8xePeBZhZg0MkgfXZJvzhCmnilWwP3n/R3MxOesZ2+GSeXoOBAVBdgMvuGJ+qO6nSzeiT95mpyPcceMgzdPvjeKoJnVRWRoT1DyzmnTFSCfWRnS3xJi+Io6J29Q4NO3PNWDJjnHsx+Jp9BqWCaCog= Message-ID: Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 08:08:18 -0700 From: Collins Richey Reply-To: Collins Richey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <41B2B958.3090800@ramshacklestudios.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <9acccfe5041204133432d7a3e@mail.gmail.com> <41B24037.1050901@ramshacklestudios.com> <41B2B958.3090800@ramshacklestudios.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can a script tell if it's running under X? X-Archives-Salt: 0d7e8d04-abb5-48b0-a2a6-f0ac25416d0d X-Archives-Hash: 4d9c349208dd2b1bfc997efd5eb845b2 On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:31:36 -0800, Peter Gordon wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Collins Richey wrote: > | For the normal non-root user case, this would be '/sbin/pidof X', > | unless you have monkeyed with the standard $PATH setup. > > What do you mean? I have done nothing with my $PATH and let Portage handle it as > needed. On my system, /usr/bin/pidof is a symlink to /bin/pidof > > /home/peter $ ls -al `which pidof` > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 9 2004 /usr/bin/pidof -> /bin/pidof > Sorry for the confusion. I was running from a Fedora Core 3 system to check out what many local users here are experiencing (nothing expecially good, except that xscreensaver runs ok, whereas it fails on my gentoo system). Apparently Red Hat (and some other systems) have /sbin/pidof. 'which pidof' from a normal user finds nothing. -- Collins -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list