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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
> trojan@cis.ksu.edu
> http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~trojan
> 
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