Re: dominate xdm?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

ktb wrote:
...
> So I took a look at the XFree86 HOWTO.  Found what I was looking for -
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/x116.html
> 
> Basically what Mr. Raymond says is the last command in the file should
> be started with "exec" and not backgrounded with "&"  The last command
> is the window manager.  Used in this manner the window manager replaces
> the xinit process and if the window manager is closed then X will shut
> down.
...

  it doesn't have to be window manager, it's just any program that you
want to start and when that progam exists, X server will exit as well.

  typically it's a window manager or a session manager (see how the
default X startup scripts for debian - if there is no session manager,
they start window manager, if there is no window manager they start
terminal emulator, see
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/50xfree86-common_determine-startup).

	erik