Re: Running out of Xlib clients

[mkp mkp net (Martin K. Petersen)]

>>>>> "Schuyler" == Schuyler D Grant, PhD <SCHUYLER D GRANT saic com> writes:

Schuyler> After days or weeks of running, I run out of connections to
Schuyler> Xlib.  I think the problem may be gdm related - i.e., when
Schuyler> someone logs out, should gdm restart the X server?

GDM resets the X server by HUP'ing it.

If this does not result in closing all connections, your X server is
buggy.  This is not entirely uncommon, unfortunately.

Like XDM, the next GDM release will have an option to apply the big
hammer to flakey X servers.

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