On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:20:45 -0700, Vagrant wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 09:07:50AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > Package: sdm > > Version: 0.4.0b-3 > > Severity: normal > > > > ...sdm and my kde session is chased off vt7 every 3 minutes by gdm? > > Leaves a (or the?) grey X screen on vt8, [ctrl]+[alt]+[F1-4] twice > > and then [alt]+[F7] drops me right back into my session, [alt]+[F9] > > vt8 and sometimes vt9 or vt10. > > > > ...maybe start sdm sooner than the other *dm's? > > sdm doesn't start anything by default. it's a little different from > your typical display manager. > > how are you starting sdm? ..the "default debian packagers" way, I guess, I just installed it an it just worked. ;o) I do remember answering a question on installing it, with "gdm." > what sort of environment is this being run in? .."the works" or "massive pile of junk", on this first box I run both sdm and sdm-terminal. > > ...wm's installed: > > you mean "dm's", i suspect :) ..correct. ;o) > > > a45:~# dpkg -l |grep -i "display manager" > > ii gdm 2.13.0.10-2 GNOME Display Manager > > ii gdm-themes 0.5 Themes for the GNOME Display > > Manager ii kde-kdm-themes 3.4-1 Themes for the K > > Display Manager ii kdm 3.5.2-1 X display > > manager for KDE ii libxdmcp-dev 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 X Display > > Manager Control Protocol library d ii libxdmcp6 > > 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 X Display Manager Control Protocol library ii > > sdm 0.4.0b-3 Secure Display Manager - secure > > remote acces ii sdm-terminal 0.4.0b-3 Secure Display > > Manager - terminal files ii wdm 1.28-2.1 > > WINGs Display Manager - an xdm replacement w ii xdm > > 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5 X display manager > > this looks like you have sdm-terminal and sdm installed on the same > machine. typically, you would install the sdm package on the > application server(i.e. your remote server), and install sdm-terminal > where you are running the X server. ..right now I've "piled all the junk in one box", the idea is cannibalise it to produce a liteweight X client and app server, and spread apps out on my lan boxes. > i typically run sdm from /etc/inittab, something like this: > > sdm:45:respawn:/usr/sbin/sdm > > and in /etc/sdm/sdm.config: > > xserver="/usr/bin/X11/X vt9" > > if you wanted it on vt9... ..I prefer it on vt7, and to move local and remote X'es onto vt8 'n up. > > hope that helps, and thanks for trying out sdm! ..well I also tried purging sdm* and still had the damned bug thing chase X off vt7 onto vt8 and vt9, so I guess I need to blame someone else. ;o) ..temporary workaround is kill gdm and startx off the console and it sucks, except I now got DRI working. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
