Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-17 Thread Geralt
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 05:38:26PM +0200, Geralt wrote: Although it would be possible to include this respawning into slim (and I suppose that gdm and kdm have this feature?) it is much more work than checking in xdm is slim

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-17 Thread Erik Hahn
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:23:55PM +0200, Geralt wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 05:38:26PM +0200, Geralt wrote: Although it would be possible to include this respawning into slim (and I suppose that gdm and kdm have this

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-17 Thread Geralt
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 05:38:26PM +0200, Geralt wrote: Although it would be possible to include this respawning into slim (and I suppose that gdm and kdm have this feature?) it is much more work than checking in xdm is slim

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-16 Thread meino . cramer
Liviu Andronic [EMAIL PROTECTED] [08-10-16 03:54]: Hello, On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The login manager slim, which is started in daemon mode, get killed when X is left by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (zapping X) -- there is a fallback to the login of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-16 Thread Geralt
Hi, actually there is nothing wrong with slim, you have to remember that slim is an X-application, so killing X also kills all applications using X (including X-based login-managers). To fix this xdm needs to restart slim, or you use /etc/inittab. You should also realize that using /etc/inittabs

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, for what purpose slim offers a dameon mode? What is the difference between starting slim in dameon and in normal mode ? Meino Geralt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [08-10-16 17:45]: Hi, actually there is nothing wrong with slim, you have to remember that slim is an X-application, so

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-16 Thread Erik Hahn
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 05:38:26PM +0200, Geralt wrote: Although it would be possible to include this respawning into slim (and I suppose that gdm and kdm have this feature?) it is much more work than checking in xdm is slim is still up and if not restarting it (since xdm is slim's parent

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-16 Thread Benjamin Leggett
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:29:31 +0200 Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 07:14:08PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The login manager slim, which is started in daemon mode, get killed when X is left by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (zapping X) -- there is

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Benjamin Leggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:29:31 +0200 Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 07:14:08PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The login manager slim, which is started in daemon mode, get

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-16 Thread Erik Hahn
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 02:52:40PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Benjamin Leggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:29:31 +0200 Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 07:14:08PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,

[gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-15 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, The login manager slim, which is started in daemon mode, get killed when X is left by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (zapping X) -- there is a fallback to the login of the root console instead of getting a new login screen of slim. How can I prevent this? Kind regards, mcc -- Please

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-15 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello, On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The login manager slim, which is started in daemon mode, get killed when X is left by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (zapping X) -- there is a fallback to the login of the root console instead of getting a new login screen of

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-15 Thread Erik Hahn
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 07:14:08PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The login manager slim, which is started in daemon mode, get killed when X is left by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (zapping X) -- there is a fallback to the login of the root console instead of getting a new login

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim: After zapping X fallback to console

2008-10-15 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 10/15/08, Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this actually a bug or intended behaviour? If it's a bug, is there a version that works properly? The bug would relate more to /etc/init.d/xdm than to SLiM. Liviu