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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Benjamin Leggett <algosystem@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:29:31 +0200 |
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> Erik Hahn <erik_hahn@×××.de> wrote: |
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>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 07:14:08PM +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>> > Hi, |
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>> > The login manager slim, which is started in daemon mode, |
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>> > get killed when X is left by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace |
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>> > (zapping X) -- there is a fallback to the login of the |
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>> > root console instead of getting a new login screen of slim. |
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>> Is this actually a bug or intended behaviour? If it's a bug, is there |
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>> a version that works properly? |
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> It's supposed to do this. GDM, and I think KDM, both respawn after being |
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> killed, but IMHO this isn't a good thing. If you kill something, you |
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> don't want it coming back to life by itself. If there's a problem |
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> somewhere in your X server and the disply manager constantly dies and |
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> tries to restart, that can get annoying. It's not in slim because it |
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> shouldn't really be default behaviour. Might not be bad to provide an |
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> conf file option for this behavior, though. |
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You can try Qingy as an alternative for using an xdm: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Fix_The_Login_Security_Hole |
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