Re: [Re: [gentoo-dev] Getting rid of "Console log for $HOSTNAME" at X startup]

[Collins Richey]

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:04:42 +0100 Viktor Lakics <lakicsv@×××.net>
wrote:

> HI MIkael,
>
> I installed xfce, set initdefault to 3, and started X with startxfce
> (just to
> avoid even running kdm). Even in this KDE-free environment, I had
> this weird
> Console log window showing up...Then I started looking at config
> files, and
> found it finally: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0, which looks like this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # $Xorg: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
> xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed
> -exitOnFail
> QT_XFT=1
>
> I commented out the xconsole line and voila, the console log
> disappeared...
>
> What is this Xsetup_0 for? Is it allright to comment that line out?
> I had the
> strange impression that before I run KDM, there might be something
> else
> running with its own settings (I have the KDM login window on a grey
> backround (similar to that which shows up when you try to set up X,
> but
> things do not pan out) and even though I have the background set up
> with a
> wallpaper in KDE login manager, it does not show up...
>
> Viktor
>
>
> On Thursday 27 September 2001 10:31 am, you wrote:
> > tor 2001-09-27 klockan 12.07 skrev Viktor Lakics:
> > > Hi Mikael,
> > >
> > > I am getting this automatically when I log on as root or
> ordinary user. I
> > > installed X and KDE from binaries on the RC5 iso image. KDE was
> upgraded
> > > from sources a couple of times since then with emerge (now it is
> 2.2.1).
> > > This has to be something in my x configuration (I have not
> tweaked that
> > > at all, actually). This xtem window just pops up (minimized on
> the
> > > taskbar in KDE) and the prompt is "bash 2.3 ". When I go home
> tonight I
> > > try to install some other window manager like xfce to see this
> happening
> > > outside KDE as well...
> >
> > Isn't possible to use "XSession" instead of KSession (or
> > what-name-it-has), it should of you haven't configured it start
> twm.
> >
> > It would be nice to see if this only shows up when you run KDE
> (perhaps
> > this is a KDE-feature :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >   Mikael Hallendal

Viktor,

It must be some other problem.  I, too,  run xfce from runlevel 3
(startxfce) and have the same Xsetup_0 file you describe.  I don't
believe this is even referenced unless you are using xdm, which I'm
not.

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Collins Richey
Denver Area
gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed