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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 22:52:14
Message-Id: 20140708005203.4971f635@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] how to wake up gdm by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:20:26 -0400
2 covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
3
4 > Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote:
5 >
6 > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300
7 > > Gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> wrote:
8 > >
9 > > > Are you sure that you need gdm at all?
10 > >
11 > > Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so,
12 > > unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, I don't
13 > > think that a plain call with a plain `exec gnome-session` will work.
14 > >
15 > > It for example needs the *-launch things between exec and
16 > > gnome-session.
17 >
18 > So, What can I do aside from restarting gdm after it goes to sleep or
19 > whatever its doing after a few minutes? Also, I did try startx and I
20 > did get a session and it seems to work, although I have not tested
21 > extensively.
22
23 Sounds like some kind of power management kicking in; usually typing
24 some key and/or mouse helps with that, a step further is to try
25 pressing the power button if it has made it sleep, suspend, ...
26
27 The screen-saver control of x11-apps/xset might help correct this.
28
29 --
30 With kind regards,
31
32 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
33 Gentoo Developer
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