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On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 doki_pen@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:54:48 Doki Pen wrote: |
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> >> I've recently switched from gdm to xdm in an effort to reduce my distro |
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> >> size. The only problem I've run into is that when I kill my X session, |
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> >> xdm doesn't restart automatically. I have to switch to a vtty and type |
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> >> exec sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart. I've read the man pages and googled |
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> >> but can't come up with a solution. Does anyone know if there is a way |
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> >> to fix this issue? |
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> > When X exists, is xdm still running or has it died too? |
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> > You can tell when restarting xdm if it gives errors about xdm not running |
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> > when the "stop" phase of "restart"" is run |
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> xdm is not running after I kill my xsession. It is running after I log |
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> in. I tested using ps -Af | grep -i xdm. |
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Ok, so I reckon the init script dies because xdm dies when X exists. |
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is there anything relevant in your messages log file, Xorg.0.log, ~/.xsession- |
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errors and similar logs? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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