Bug#187743: marked as done (selectwm does not wait() for all its children, causing zombies)
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From: Arndt Schoenewald <arndt@lin02384n012.mc.schoenewald.de>
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Subject: selectwm does not wait() for all its children, causing zombies
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Package: selectwm
Version: 0.3-2
The selectwm process only waits for its most favourite child, the
window manager, and neglects other children that it may have adopted,
causing these to become zombies when they exit.
To be more clear: A typical .xsession file might look like this:
#
# load SSH keys into the agent, if applicable
#
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ] && [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]
then
if SshPrivateKeyFiles=`
grep 2>&- -l 'PRIVATE KEY' /dev/null \
\`find $HOME/.ssh -name 'id*' -type f -print\`
` && [ -n "$SshPrivateKeyFiles" ]
then
ssh-add 0<&- $SshPrivateKeyFiles &
fi
fi
#
# make sure we have one Xterm available right away
#
rxvt -geometry 80x76-0+0 &
#
# start the window system, using selectwm to chose our window manager
#
exec selectwm
# (End Of File)
i.e. it two background processes, ssh-add and rxvt, are created before
selectwm is run with exec (to avoid a dangling shell process). selectwm
will now launch the selected window manager and wait for its termination
using wait4(); the ssh-add and rxvt processes, which are now also the
children of selectwm because of the exec, will hang around as zombies
when they exit. To fix this, the single call to wait4() in selectwm
should be replaced by a call to wait3() within a loop.
Best regards,
Arndt
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Arndt Schönewald <arndt@lin02384n012.mc.schoenewald.de>, Software Developer
Quelltext AG (http://www.quelltext-ag.de), Dortmund, Germany
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From: Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de>
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Subject: Bug#187743: fixed in selectwm 0.4.1-2
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Source: selectwm
Source-Version: 0.4.1-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
selectwm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
selectwm_0.4.1-2.diff.gz
to pool/main/s/selectwm/selectwm_0.4.1-2.diff.gz
selectwm_0.4.1-2.dsc
to pool/main/s/selectwm/selectwm_0.4.1-2.dsc
selectwm_0.4.1-2_i386.deb
to pool/main/s/selectwm/selectwm_0.4.1-2_i386.deb
selectwm_0.4.1.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/s/selectwm/selectwm_0.4.1.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 187743@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de> (supplier of updated selectwm package)
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Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 00:26:45 +0100
Source: selectwm
Binary: selectwm
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.4.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
Changed-By: Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de>
Description:
selectwm - Select a window manager at X startup
Closes: 187743 254369 254370
Changes:
selectwm (0.4.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
.
* QA upload.
* Wrote watch file with new location (Closes: #254369).
* New upstream version (Closes: #254370).
+ Fixes zombie problem (Closes: #187743).
+ Ported to gtk+-2.0.
+ Search for known window managers.
+ Changed author email address.
+ Cleanups.
* Add $(MAKE) to build target in debian/rules.
* selectwm.1: set section from 1x to 1.
Files:
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724089ca5948a0c76990cce326d8cf61 209754 x11 optional selectwm_0.4.1.orig.tar.gz
75fc22c9a9bfa91933c4567f71b149fe 2865 x11 optional selectwm_0.4.1-2.diff.gz
9a9f2f053e16c71e80d990599a2691a7 21214 x11 optional selectwm_0.4.1-2_i386.deb
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