on Sun, May 16, 2004 at 09:02:06AM -0700, William Ballard (40414.nospam@comcast.net) wrote:
> When I exit X or reboot from within X with shutdown, whatever running
> programs are sort of rudely hung up. Gnome apps and Mozilla that seem
> to save state at File|Quit don't appear to. Also sometimes my FGLRX
> driver appears to lock up when I abruptly exit X (have to hard boot --
> can't switch to different virtual terminal).
>
> Is there a way to run a script before X exits, so that I can more
> gracefully quit apps? More like Windows; although rude apps such as
> Outlook can "hang" quitting.
Why are you exiting X?
Do you know:
- Multiple X sessions can run at the same time. You can configure
your X display manager ([xgkw]dm) to run multiple instances, or
start additional ones from a console. Switch between virtual
consoles with <ctrl><alt><F 1-12>.
- You can lock an X session with xscreensaver.
- You can hibernate X with APM enabled on most reasonable laptops,
etc.
Typically, my X sessions run weeks to months. Closing stuff down is
done rarely, and the state loss *is* a major PITA.
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Please understand, I hold you in the highest respect.
- Princess Bride
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