Re: [gdm-list] FailsafeXServer - gdm keeps restarting X

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Bryce:

Do you need to run the xserver in the background by adding "&" to the
end, or does xinit return immediately?

Brian


> Thanks, this feels like a step in the right direction, but even when
> issuing the kill -USR1 $PPID it is still trying to restart the server.
> Below is the failsafeXServer script I'm using; are you able to see the
> same issue I do when running this?
>
> Bryce
>
> ## failsafeXServer=failsafeExample
> #!/bin/bash
>
> client="/usr/bin/zenity"
> clientargs="--warning --text HelloWorld "
> server=/usr/bin/X
> serverargs="$*"
> if [ -z $serverargs ]; then
>     serverargs=":0"
> fi
> serverargs="${serverargs} -br -once -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe"
>
> xinit $client $clientargs -- $server $serverargs &
>
> sleep 5
>
> kill -USR1 $PPID