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Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,175

[solve] xdm - leaves Xsetup-started applications running since update?

Since I updated my system a few days ago, xdm leaves applications running? For example; my Xsetup contains:

#!/bin/sh

## the root window should have this color
xsetroot -solid "#000000" -cursor_name left_ptr

## these are all optional
/etc/X11/xdm/archblack/buttons -geometry +0-0 &
xclock -geometry -0-0 &
xload -update 1 -jumpscroll 1 -nolabel -geometry +0+0 &

All 3 programs used to get killed, but suddenly they appear when XFCE is started?

Does anyone have the same problem; or am I doing something wrong? This has worked for years...

Last edited by Spider.007 (2009-11-11 18:35:22)

Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,175

Re: [solve] xdm - leaves Xsetup-started applications running since update?

Okay, I found out what the problem was; in /var/log/xdm I found the following line:

/etc/X11/xdm/archblack/Xstartup: line 4: xwininfo: command not found

So installing the package that contains xwininfo fixed it. This problem was caused by my xdm theme