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From: djg@pyrnova (Don Giberson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Xdm and NCD X-terminal
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Date: 22 Aug 89 17:12:54 GMT
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In article <8908212319.AA02977@xenon.lcs.mit.edu> keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard) writes:
>
>> 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.
>
>Xdm doesn't ever find out that the terminal has been turned back on; so it
>never prompts for login again.  

 ^^^^^

>Keith Packard MIT X Consortium

i don't know if "never" is quite correct; we have the same problem,
but xdm *does* *eventually* realize that all is not well with the
world, and presents the login screen.  this can happen as quickly as
a few seconds, or as long as 20 min. or so.  don't know if this is
something specific to our site or not, but it does come back to life
after a while!

  Don Giberson / Pyramid Technology Corp / djg@pyramid.com / 415-965-7200 x2031
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