On Wednesday 16 Feb 2005 6:54 pm, A Gilmore wrote: > Hello, > > If you poweroff the terminal without logging off you cannot log back in > as your x-session-manager and applications are all still running on the > server. The x-session-manager then becomes defunct and doesn't even die > with a kill -9. > > Is there a common or known way to get around this? My users are > powering off the terminals regularly and then cannot log back in without > me manually terminating processes at the command line and restarting the > X server.
We used to get this when we were running GDM. We also used to get cases where-by the thin client would hang, and the only fix was to reboot the client. This left the defuct process as described. Sincing we've switched to KDM both problems have gone away. Which display manager are you running? -- Regards Martin Woolley ICT Support Handsworth Grammar School Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna ************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] The views expressed within this email are those of the individual, and not necessarily those of the organisation ************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
