[gentoo-user] Re: xdm doesn't restart on killed X

[doki_pen@doki-pen.org]

In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 doki_pen@doki-pen.org 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