Re: xdm/X not terminating processes on logout
Almost exactly the same thing is happening to my machine. I n case
FVWMButtons does not terminate. It has starrted happening after I
upgradeed to 3.3.1-1
George
On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Brian M. Rectanus wrote:
> >
> > For some reason processes are not being terminated after a user logs out of an
> > X session (via xdm).
> >
> > Example:
> > User xxxx logs in and starts up "vi someprogram", then user xxx kills the X
> > session (ie kills WM, thus killing session). User xxx logs in again and xxxx's
> > "vi someprogram" is STILL running and using (according to top) about 92% of CPU.
> >
> >
> > I noticed this after I logged out one night and when I logged in the next day
> > my load was about 4.7 withnothing special (except the vi session) running.
> > Any Ideas why xdm would not kill all of the users processes? Or is it xdm that
> > is supposed to do it?
> >
> > -Brian
> < ... snip ... >
>
> In addition to this, I found that the ONLY processes that are not killed, are
> text-based programes like vi or top. The xterm that they were running in DOES
> get killed.
>
> -Brian
>
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> Brian Rectanus
> Kansas State University
> Computing and Informational Sciences
> Multimedia/Web Programmer
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> http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~trojan
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