On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 11:44:39PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > Check to see how it's running the X server. /etc/rc?.d scripts or > /etc/inittab are the two usual suspects (Debian and RH, respectively). > The system shouldn't restart unless X is tied to init somehow. The > other place to snoop is the /etc/X11 subdirectories for scripts run on > exit. Thanx. That's a good point to start from.
> It's also possible that your video card is crashing the system on exit, > you haven't described the "shuts down" process sufficiently for me to > tell what's going on here. No. It is a real, controlled shutdown (even the CD is ejected at the end and the power is switched off. <snip> > You're probably relatively safe from data corruption in that case, but > if you're accessing systems remotely, "xhost +" may compromise security > of remote systems, particularly userids and passwords. Security's not > just the local environment. Since the only host I connect to is a widly known host (at least for people who play spellcast), I don't think that my "xhost +" causes (additional) damage. But thanks for warning me. Yours Andreas > Peace. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free > Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org > Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
