Hello On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 03:29:25PM +0000, Mick wrote: > I stopped/zapped xdm, ran startx and from an xterm I was able to run fluxbox > which started OK. So, I am not sure if you are right that the start up > script crashes (I wonder, shouldn't I see something in the logs about it?) > If it crashed wouldn't it also crash when called from within an xterm? When > I ran etc-update I had to update a number of scripts (some of them were > trivial - automerged) and some of them were related to halt.sh, and so on, > but I cannot recall any xdm related scripts. Is there an etc-update history > somewhere on my machine?
I didn't mean the xdm script (which, obviously, works fine), but the script started when you log in. The one in sessions is probably the one. Actually, how it works: xdm starts X and shows the login screen. When you log in, it starts something on the X server. When the something stops (for any reason), xdm restarts X and shows the login screen again. So I think the thing started by xdm terminates too early for some reason, crash was the first idea I got. All this is just a guess, how it looks to me, I do not say it is the only possible cause (crashing X could be the cause too, and xdm would just restart it). -- Support your right to arm bears!! Michal 'vorner' Vaner
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