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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
- Subject: Re: xdm/pseudoReset problem ?
- Date: 13 Dec 1992 17:40:24 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- Message-ID: <1gfsi8INN4sk@early-bird.think.com>
- References: <1992Dec12.015157.25885@colorado.edu>
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- Keywords: xdm
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- In article <1992Dec12.015157.25885@colorado.edu> robh@eclipse.cs.colorado.edu (Robert G Henderson) writes:
- >If you start a client without a geometry and don't "place" the
- >window, you are logged out after about 10 minutes.
-
- xdm tries to detect dead X servers by periodically sending an X request to
- them and seeing whether it replies (search for "ping" in xdm(1)).
-
- By default, when twm is interacting with the user (e.g. popping up a menu,
- displaying a placement rectangle), it grabs the server so that no other
- client can use it.
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- This grab prevents the server from responding to the ping, so xdm resets
- it.
-
- A simple fix is to put "NoGrabServer" in the .twmrc file. You can also
- change the PingTimeout resource in the xdm configuration file.
-
- Personally, I use RandomPlacement.
- --
- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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