[gdm-list] AlwaysRestartServer doesn't work

[Yitzhak Bar Geva <yitzhakbg yahoo com>]

I just performed a simple test:
AlwaysRestartServer=false
I brought up gdm, looked at the pid of the X server
and then logged out. Checking the pid after logout
should a new pid.
I assume therefore that gdm is ignoring the value of
AlwaysRestartServer and resetting the X server no
matter what.
Can anyone advise? We need to guarantee that the X
server does not(!) restart after logout.
Yitzhak

--- Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM> wrote:

> 
> You might try using the AlwaysRestartServer=true
> value in the gdm.conf
> file which ensures that GDM always restarts the
> Xserver for each user
> session.  By default it re-uses the existing
> Xserver, which is faster, but
> can cause problems if your Xserver tends to runaway
> or leak memory.
> Using this may minimize the problems you are seeing.
> 
> The problem with restarting the Xserver when it
> starts misbehaving is
> that you effectively logout the user without
> warning, which might not
> be very acceptable.  Though this might be better
> than having the whole
> machine become unusable because one Xserver is
> eating all the CPU.
> Simply killing the user's session (such as
> gnome-session if using GNOME)
> should restart the login screen for a given display.
>  If AlwaysRestartServer
> is true, this will cause GDM to also restart an
> Xserver.
> 
> Also, you can setup your Xserver so
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will restart
> the Xserver.  Educating your users to use this
> feature when X seems to
> freeze might be useful.  Though if the keyboard is
> really frozen it might
> not accept the keystroke.
> 
> Brian
> 
> > We run multiple local X servers under gdm, each
> with its own screen, 
> > keyboard and mouse. We request advice on how to
> control "runaway" X 
> > servers. This could be a result of a user logging
> out and the X server 
> > couldn't restart due to a POST or other problem.
> Another phenomenon is 
> > the the server eats up 99% cpu with the result
> that it's keyboard and 
> > mouse input are frozen.
> > Question: How could we launch the X servers in a
> script which would 
> > monitor their progress and automatically restart
> them in the event of 
> > such a problem. Other angles of attack would be
> warmly welcomed. It is 
> > imperative that we have ome automatic mechanism
> until Nvidia solve some 
> > problems with their boards, because in the
> meanwhile this causes 
> > children in the classroom much frustration.
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