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When exiting X in an normal fashion via the appropriate menu, messages similar to the following appear on the text console or in the file ~/.X.err:
waiting for X server to shut down xterm: fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or Kill Client on X server ":0.0" xterm: fatal IO error 2 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
The X server communcates with X-aware programs via a pipe. When a program exits, all pipes it currently has open are closed. Thus, when the X server exits, it closes pipes it has open with all X applications, such as XTerms. The error message listed above results when the X terminal notices that the X server has disappeared.
Since you wanted exit X anyway, the fact that the X terminals shut themselves down is not a problem.
After exiting X, again in a normal fashion, messages of the following type can be seen on the screen:
Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Window parameter)
Again, this is not a cause for concern. This message indicates an X application was in the middle of an X call when the X server was terminated. This error indicates that the program was unable to write to the screen, which is not a problem as you have shut the screen down. If you close all applications before terminating X, these messages will go away.
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Keywords: X SERVER, EXIT, KILL, XTERM, BROKEN PIPE, BADWINDOW, BADDRAWABLE, ERROR
Categories:
X Server
, X Window System
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