--- xreg.orig	Tue Aug 17 15:38:30 2004
+++ xreg	Wed Aug 25 01:58:38 2004
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # -*- ksh -*-
 # xreg -- X11 regression testing
 # Created: Tue Sep 21 09:07:31 1999 by faith@precisioninsight.com
@@ -437,13 +437,14 @@
     
     XPID=$!
     sleep 10
-    if [ -d /proc/$XPID ]; then
-      if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ]; then
+    if `kill -0 $XPID 2>/dev/null` ; then
 	echo "* `date`: PID=$XPID"
-      else
-	XCANONICALPATH=`ls -l /proc/$XPID/exe | sed 's,.*-> ,,'`
-	echo "* `date`: PID=$XPID Path=$XCANONICALPATH"
-      fi
+	# oprofile tools only work as root on linux
+	if [ "`uname`" = "Linux" ] && [ -d /proc/$XPID ] && \
+	  [ "`whoami`" = "root" ] ; then
+	  XCANONICALPATH=`ls -l /proc/$XPID/exe | sed 's,.*-> ,,'`
+	  echo "* `date`: PID=$XPID Path=$XCANONICALPATH"
+	fi
     else
       XPID=-1
       echo "* `date`: $XSERVER failed to start"