Getting SLiM to restart after ctrl-alt-backspace

jacko · 2008-01-05 04:06:03

Hey, glad I read this thread. Count me in, when I do ctrl + alt + backspace it takes me out and makes me login using CLI and then I have to type startx to get back into desktop. Then if I do ctrl + alt + backspace it again it just drops me to CLI without making me login. Again I have to type startx to get back in desktop.

All I did was install slim and this behavior has been like that since day one on two different installations of arch. I say confirmed bug!

senjin · 2008-01-05 11:30:20

phrakture wrote:

I have really found nothing, but I didn't delve into the code too much. I have a feeling it's a simple upstream bug.

Then maybe you have an idea which packages I should downgrade to get rid of this bug?

senjin · 2008-01-05 12:31:10

Ok, I switched to thayer/peets method. It's ok for me... nearly. "exec startx" It starts xfce4 for me - it's probably because I set is as "DEFAULT_SESSION" in ~/.xinitrc for slim (just like wiki says). But how to start kde? It's also in my ~/.xinitrc, but typing "exec startx kde" starts xfce4.

peets · 2008-01-05 20:15:17

I think kde can be started with the 'startkde' command, so you could replace 'exec startx kde' with 'exec startkde'. If you do fancy things in your .xinitrc, then keep startx, but comment out any lines reffering to xfce4 or other programs you don't want to start with KDE.

.:B:. · 2008-01-06 11:10:48

jacko wrote:

Hey, glad I read this thread. Count me in, when I do ctrl + alt + backspace it takes me out and makes me login using CLI and then I have to type startx to get back into desktop. Then if I do ctrl + alt + backspace it again it just drops me to CLI without making me login. Again I have to type startx to get back in desktop.
All I did was install slim and this behavior has been like that since day one on two different installations of arch. I say confirmed bug!

If you kill SLiM from the CLI it will respawn, and you'll be able to log in just like after a regular startup.

senjin · 2008-01-06 15:41:42

That's right, but it's terribly inconvenient, the "heavier" kdm acts way faster, what's the point to use slim then?

jacko · 2008-01-06 16:01:52

B wrote:

jacko wrote:
Hey, glad I read this thread. Count me in, when I do ctrl + alt + backspace it takes me out and makes me login using CLI and then I have to type startx to get back into desktop. Then if I do ctrl + alt + backspace it again it just drops me to CLI without making me login. Again I have to type startx to get back in desktop.
All I did was install slim and this behavior has been like that since day one on two different installations of arch. I say confirmed bug!
If you kill SLiM from the CLI it will respawn, and you'll be able to log in just like after a regular startup.

well, but why would I wanna login twice? the first time I get dropped to the CLI, I am forced to login. Then u are telling me after I login to kill SLiM and then login again? What's the point in that?

senjin · 2008-01-06 16:23:00

...and for safety you have to logout from CLI after you respawn X... startx trick is much more convenient and reliable.

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pkraw · 2008-06-23 22:05:34

So as far as I understand, the only known solution is not to use SLiM?

Mhmm. Great.

senjin · 2008-06-23 22:48:18

It seems they're working on this http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func= … up_id=2663, but no progress until now

senjin · 2008-12-08 22:43:38

Finally - it seems to work in 1.3.1!

john_schaf · 2009-01-20 23:22:36

For me there is still the same problem, even with 1.3.1

pseudomind · 2009-02-26 20:19:40

This problem is still rearing its ugly head, it's a shame but I think im going to shift to gdm for the moment.

brisbin33 · 2009-02-26 21:22:54

someone's got a few patches on this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65869

one of them claims to fix the discussed problem.

his site doesn't have the slim.logrotate file required by his PKGBUILD so i haven't built it yet. waiting for him to get back to me on that. haven't had the time to just take the patches to ABS. if someone wants to put together a PKGBUILD or can put a slim-patched on the AUR, that'd be sweeet.

edit: his sites been updated to contain all required files for his PKGBUILD, i just pacman -U'd it but won't be home to test until tonight.

pat

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incubos · 2009-04-12 13:37:11

brisbin33 wrote:

someone's got a few patches on this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65869
one of them claims to fix the discussed problem.
his site doesn't have the slim.logrotate file required by his PKGBUILD so i haven't built it yet. waiting for him to get back to me on that. haven't had the time to just take the patches to ABS. if someone wants to put together a PKGBUILD or can put a slim-patched on the AUR, that'd be sweeet.
edit: his sites been updated to contain all required files for his PKGBUILD, i just pacman -U'd it but won't be home to test until tonight.
pat

So what are the results of testing?

brisbin33 · 2009-04-12 17:50:58

incubos. his patches worked as described, however on my system (and a few others) when your WM would start, slim would through up a maximized window of your slim theme's background image, the same window you get with the preview option that slim has. annoying to have to close that everytime you log in.

anyways, i got rid of slim and went with a console login that starts X through .bashrc if i'm logging in on VT1. it's useful since i bounce back and forth between init 5 and 3 quite a bit. with this method i feel more in control.

anrxc · 2009-04-12 18:27:46

Maybe Xinerama issue is fixed in some recent updates to this branch http://github.com/espenhw/slim-xinerama/tree/master
Btw I also dumped slim and switched to init 3 recently, and I found Qingy to fit perfectly for my setup. It can log you to the console but can also start an X session.

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