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From: doki_pen@××××××××.org
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: xdm doesn't restart on killed X
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:28
Message-Id: 20091111170226.B6B1B538E9@doki-pen.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xdm doesn't restart on killed X by Alan McKinnon
1 In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 doki_pen@××××××××.org wrote:
3 >> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
4 >> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:54:48 Doki Pen wrote:
5 >> >> I've recently switched from gdm to xdm in an effort to reduce my distro
6 >> >> size. The only problem I've run into is that when I kill my X session,
7 >> >> xdm doesn't restart automatically. I have to switch to a vtty and type
8 >> >> exec sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart. I've read the man pages and googled
9 >> >> but can't come up with a solution. Does anyone know if there is a way
10 >> >> to fix this issue?
11 >> >
12 >> > When X exists, is xdm still running or has it died too?
13 >> >
14 >> > You can tell when restarting xdm if it gives errors about xdm not running
15 >> > when the "stop" phase of "restart"" is run
16 >>
17 >> xdm is not running after I kill my xsession. It is running after I log
18 >> in. I tested using ps -Af | grep -i xdm.
19 >>
20 >
21 > Ok, so I reckon the init script dies because xdm dies when X exists.
22 >
23 > is there anything relevant in your messages log file, Xorg.0.log, ~/.xsession-
24 > errors and similar logs?
25 >
26 >
27 From /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:
28
29 Backtrace:
30 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x812a180]
31
32 Fatal server error:
33 Caught signal 11. Server aborting
34
35 Nothing useful in .xession-errors

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xdm doesn't restart on killed X Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>