Re: [dev] [dwm] Several xinitrc processes running on Ubuntu

From: clamiax <smoppy_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:47:52 +0100

It seems the problem has been solved by changing the session file like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Xsession
Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession

Then, since Xsession doesn't read the ~/.xinitrc but the ~/.xsession one, I
had to link them:

$ ln -s ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession

That's all. Thanks for the help!


2012/11/5 Raphael Proust <raphlalou_AT_gmail.com>

> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:05 AM, clamiax <smoppy_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 2012/11/5 Raphael Proust <raphlalou_AT_gmail.com>
> >>
> >> How do you restart dwm?
> >
> > meta-shift-q
> >
> >>
> >> How do you invoke it in your .xinitrc?
> >
> > exec dwm
> >
> >>
> >> Basically, paste your .xinitrc (or a simplified version that still
> >> exposes the behaviour you have) to get some help. (Your dwm/config.h
> >> might be useful, depending on your setting.)
> >
> > I may reproduce the problem with a vanilla config.h and an xinitrc file
> > containing only the line "exec dwm".
> >
> > I hope not getting into one of Ubuntu many weird windows-like problems.
>
> Either that or your dm is making something funky. I can observe the
> same on this Ubuntu machine running lightdm and a similar .desktop and
> .xinitrc. (Does not happen in Arch with sldm.)
>
> pstree(1) indicate that the old processes are abandoned by lightdm and
> passed over to init. Not sure why.
>
> --
> ______________
> Raphaël Proust
>
>
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