Synopsis: This host is running kdm.
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Mick<michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 06 July 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Paul >> >> Hartman<paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: [ snip snip ] >> > Hi, >> > >> > You haven't told us how you start X, which I think would make it >> > easier to determine how to stop it. Maybe you don't use XDM at all, in >> > which case the above suggestion wouldn't have any relevance to your >> > situation. >> >> I haven't told you because I don't know. I do know that I was using >> KDE when I still had X. But I set that up over 5 years ago and I've >> forgotten all the details. But there's no sign of *dm in /etc/init.d, >> other than xdm, which acts pretty normal outside of the fact that it >> fails. It goes through motions, says some things work by putting [OK] >> in the right margin, and all that. >> >> If you tell me how to find out, I'll answer any questions. >> >> ++ kevin > > Look at your ps axf. If it is running via xdm you will see something like: > > 6403 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/xdm > 6417 tty7 Ss+ 28:54 \_ /usr/bin/X :0 -nolisten tcp -br > vt7 -auth /etc/X11/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-bvk4xxF > > What I get is not much, but it appears I'm still running kdm and it's a child of init. ke...@treat ~ $ ps axf | grep dm 725 pts/6 S+ 0:00 \_ grep --colour=auto dm 15372 ? Ss 0:00 kdm ke...@treat ~ $ -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
