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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Cc: "W. Trevor King" <wking@×××××××.us>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] livecd-bashrc: Avoid a startx race by restricting to tty1
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:50:11
Message-Id: CAEdQ38FnfpXMAN24Xhun+HGAjDp_tEvjOFwJ510cOa4h8OhT0Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] livecd-bashrc: Avoid a startx race by restricting to tty1 by "W. Trevor King"
1 On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 7:13 PM, W. Trevor King <wking@×××××××.us> wrote:
2 > From: "W. Trevor King" <wking@×××××××.us>
3 >
4 > Otherwise several virtual consoles may notice the existence of
5 > /etc/startx, and spawn simultaneous X servers. This way we only spawn
6 > a single X server, regardless of timing.
7 >
8 > A better solution here is probably to add a "start" or "x-server"
9 > service to /etc/init.d/, but that's more work than I'm up to at the
10 > moment.
11 > ---
12 > livecd/files/livecd-bashrc | 2 +-
13 > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
14 >
15 > diff --git a/livecd/files/livecd-bashrc b/livecd/files/livecd-bashrc
16 > index 983e657..7abfbd4 100644
17 > --- a/livecd/files/livecd-bashrc
18 > +++ b/livecd/files/livecd-bashrc
19 > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if [ ! "$(grep nox /proc/cmdline)" ]
20 > then
21 > if [ -x /usr/bin/X ]
22 > then
23 > - if [ -e /etc/startx ]
24 > + if [ -e /etc/startx ] && [ "$(tty)" == /dev/tty1 ]
25 > then
26 > rm -f /etc/startx
27 > ##STARTX
28 > --
29 > 1.8.2.rc0.16.g20a599e
30 >
31 >
32
33 Seems reasonable, but I don't really know how any of this works. Have
34 you experienced the problem you describe? I.e., multiple X servers
35 starting.

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