cleanup some issues found on another computer in distribution

hello_xclock.sh

@@ -37,11 +37,9 @@ cleanup_stale_logs() {
 if [ "${1:-}" != "--daemon" ]; then
     cleanup_stale_logs
     echo "Launching X11 proxy and container in background..."
-    mkdir -p "${TEMPBASE}"
-
     # Launch self in background and prepend PID to log
     nohup "$0" --daemon 2>&1 > "$LOGFILE" &
-    
+    sleep 1 #let the pocess start (and echo any nohup warnings)
     echo "Started background process. Logs: $LOGFILE"
     exit 0
 fi