In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:54:48 Doki Pen wrote:
>> I've recently switched from gdm to xdm in an effort to reduce my distro
>> size. The only problem I've run into is that when I kill my X session,
>> xdm doesn't restart automatically. I have to switch to a vtty and type
>> exec sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart. I've read the man pages and googled
>> but can't come up with a solution. Does anyone know if there is a way
>> to fix this issue?
>>
>
> When X exists, is xdm still running or has it died too?
>
> You can tell when restarting xdm if it gives errors about xdm not running
> when
> the "stop" phase of "restart"" is run
>
>
xdm is not running after I kill my xsession. It is running after I log
in. I tested using ps -Af | grep -i xdm.