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From: andchan@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Andrew Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xdm and NCD X-terminal
Message-ID: <303@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
Date: 21 Aug 89 11:04:03 GMT
Sender: andchan@ccu.UManitoba.CA
Reply-To: andchan@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Andrew Chan)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Greetings:

I am new to X.......

I am using a NCD X-terminal to connect to a sun.  I also have xdm running
as a "front-end".  Everything is fine if I login and logout normally.
However, say if I switch off the X terminal and then back on, xdm fails
to provide me with a login prompt.  I have to logon to the sun thru a 
conventional serial terminal and do a "kill -HUP xdmpid" before everything
goes to normal.

I would like to know if there is anything i can do to have xdm kill off
all my remaining processes and restart itself and give me a fresh login 
prompt (whenever my X terminal is switched off either intentionaly or other-
wise).

Many thanks!