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- From: robh@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Robert G Henderson)
- Subject: xdm/pseudoReset problem ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.015157.25885@colorado.edu>
- Keywords: xdm
- Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet)
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- Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 01:51:57 GMT
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- Summary:
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- If you start a client without a geometry and don't "place" the
- window, you are logged out after about 10 minutes.
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- Details:
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- X11R5p17 with xdm running on a Sun4 SunOS 4.1.2 managing displays
- for Xservers running on Sun3s, NCDs, or DecStation 5000/120s.
- With this configuration, if you are using twm and start an X client
- (ie. xterm) without specifying a geometry then don't actually place
- the outline, you are logged out after about 10 minutes. The
- following message then appears in the xdm errors file:
-
- error (pid 11269): pseudoReset timeout
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- The problem does not exist if you start the Xserver via startx.
- We have an application that process for some large amount of time
- and then brings up a window. If the user isn't there to place the
- window, he/she is logged out. I know there are ways to work around
- this (ie. have the application specify a geometry, using twm's
- RandomPlacement, ...) but I want to understand/fix the real problem.
-
- If anyone can shed light on this problem, I'd appreciate hearing from
- you.
-
- Thanks,
-
- --Rob
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- Rob Henderson Department of Computer Science
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- robh@cs.colorado.edu University of Colorado
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