[arch-general] urxvtd frequently crashes

Robbie Smith zoqaeski at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 22:59:43 EDT 2012


On 01/11/12 08:54, Joshua Collins wrote:
> The urxvtc script on the wiki is also not incredibly specific about
> which "urxvtc" one should be pointing to in the script.
>
> One should absolutely link /usr/bin/urxvtc and NOT the script itself,
> which will lead to infinite recursion, and as you state, "memory
> skyrocketing" and "many processes waiting".
>
> I, for one, say that the wiki should be ammended to point users to
> this, and specifically tell them exactly what urxvtc they should be
> pointing at.  If installed through the repos, the file will always be
> in the same place, and the expectation of that script should not be
> that it may be installed in some different location.
>
> jeoshua at atom-ant ~
> $ cat /usr/local/bin/urxvtc
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/bin/urxvtc "$@"
> if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
>     /usr/bin/urxvtd -q -o -f
>     /usr/bin/urxvtc "$@"
> fi
>
My script already had absolute paths, but it would hang waiting for a 
connection to urxvtd.


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