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From: jta@bilbo.locus (Jim Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Is this any way to use xdm?
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Date: 5 Apr 89 16:34:32 GMT
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We have an environment of X servers running on DOS.  To get an X session
started I have written a daemon for the Unix system(s) that gets kicked
from DOS.  It then starts up xdm with the command:

xdm -nodaemon -server "xxxx:0 transient blotto"

Everything works fine as long as we actually start the session, terminate
the session gracefully and (I think) wait a little while to give xdm a
chance to reset the server.  If the entire session cycle is not run then
there is an xdm out there that never seems to give up.  Actually, there is
an xdm that forks another xdm that tries to connect to the server.  This
child does give up, but then the parent xdm just forks again.  Is there
some way to make it give up?

Also, does xdm really need so many processes around?