In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 [email protected] wrote: >> 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. >> > > Ok, so I reckon the init script dies because xdm dies when X exists. > > is there anything relevant in your messages log file, Xorg.0.log, ~/.xsession- > errors and similar logs? > > >From /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:
Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x812a180] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Nothing useful in .xession-errors
