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Hi, |
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actually there is nothing wrong with slim, you have to remember that |
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slim is an X-application, so killing X also kills all applications |
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using X (including X-based login-managers). To fix this xdm needs to |
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restart slim, or you use /etc/inittab. You should also realize that |
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using /etc/inittabs respawn option is no workaround but a perfectly |
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legal solution to automatically respawn your graphical environment. |
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In Archlinux for example it's the suggested way to handle this. |
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Although it would be possible to include this respawning into slim |
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(and I suppose that gdm and kdm have this feature?) it is much more |
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work than checking in xdm is slim is still up and if not restarting it |
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(since xdm is slim's parent process it gets even informed about it, so |
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no polling would be necessary!). |
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Geralt. |
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:08 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@×××××.com> [08-10-16 03:54]: |
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>> Hello, |
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>> |
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>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:14 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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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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>> > |
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>> > How can I prevent this? |
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>> > |
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>> I use |
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>> x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >% /dev/null |
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>> in /etc/inittab, instead of /etc/init.d/xdm. This seems to solve the |
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>> issue. SLiM 1.3.1 seems a bit buggy, however, on Gentoo (although |
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>> didn't try on other distributions). Version 1.3.0 was more stable. |
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>> Regards, |
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>> Liviu |
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> |
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> I am using slim 1.3.0.... |
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> I will try the inittab-patch, but it is only a workaround. |
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> By the way: Is there a way to use different backgrounds for |
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> slim and the desktop. I am using Icewm and that background |
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> was overwritten by slim... |
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> Thanks a lot for your help! |
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> KLind regards, |
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> mcc |
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> -- |
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> Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments |
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> unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. |
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> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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> In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows. |
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