On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 03:39:18PM +0200, Philipp K??hler wrote: > If i use dwms MOD+shift+Q i dont really exit dwm... just a blank > screen. but i dont return to gdm. > > right now i use MOD+shift+Q to quit dwm and then i use Ctrl-Alt-BS to > restart X and get into gdm. is there a easier/better method?! > > thx a lot > > On 6/12/07, Christian Garbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 09:14:14AM +0800, anhnmncb wrote: > > > >> what's the difference between dwm's quit using Alt-Shift-Q by > >> default and Xorg's quit using Ctrl-Alt-BS, which one is better for > >> quit? > > > >The former quits the dwm process while the latter kills the whole X > >server. Depending on your setup, these can be two very different > >things. > > > >For example, when you are modifing dwm, you could run it in an endless > >loop, so that you can just do a compile, kill dwm and the freshly > >recompiled dwm will restart _without_ killing your whole X session. > >(Personally, I prefer the dwm restart patch for this situation.) > > > >If you run dwm from your .Xsession and quitting dwm also ends your X > >session, then both variants are nearly identical. Although a "proper" > >shutdown of your X session might be favored to just killing the X > >server. > > > >Redards, > >Christian > >-- > >....Christian.Garbs.....................................http://www.cgarbs.de > > > >Wird "Neuling" jetzt eigentlich standartm??ssig "Newbee" geschrieben?
You can try my solution here: http://www.suckless.org/pipermail/dwm/2007-June/002768.html. I dont use a display manager like gdm, but my xsession does shutdown cleanly as it should when I a-shift-q to quit dwm. -- James Turner BSD Group Consulting http://www.bsdgroup.org
