Re: gdm/xdm setup

[Roberto Zunino <zunino cli di unipi it>]

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Ben FrantzDale wrote:

> thanks.... that's what I was looking for :-)
> 
> One other oddity:  I removed the redhat logo and turned the background
> black, adding xflame -root to $prefix/etc/gdm/Init/Default.  It seemed as
> though xflame was running very strangely (slowly, glitchy) and a check of
> top revealed two coppies of it running. killing one made it better.
> I also tried Eterm -e top as part of $prefix/etc/gdm/Init/Default  this lead
> to two instances of top!
> I got rid of the Eterm line and had this:
> killall xflame
> xflame -root &
> the problem with an ugly xflame went away, so it appears as though
> $prefix/etc/gdm/Init/Default is being run twice. is this intentional?
> 
> also, if xflame doesn't have the ampersand on the end, the gdm logon screen
> doesnt appear. with the ampersand you have to click the mouse before it
> appears, then, of course, you have to kill xflame as root once you are loged
> in.
> 
> suggjestions?
> 
> thanks,
>         Ben

(assuming gdm2-beta)

If you start something in Init, it must be non blocking: i.e. if the
command doesn't return immediately (like xflame but unlike xv -root , for
example) you must use the ampersand in order to run it in the background.

Check that you have KillInitClients=1 in your $prefix/etc/gdm/gdm.conf in
the [daemon] section: this option should kill what you start in Init
so you don't have to kill it yourself.

Hope this helps!
Zun.