# cat /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 #!/bin/sh # $Xorg: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $ xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail # equery b /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 [ Searching for file(s) /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 in *... ] x11-apps/xdm-1.1.6 (/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0) # grep -ri xconsole /usr/portage/x11-apps/xdm Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge xdm 2. /etc/init.d/xdm start 3. grep Xsetup_0 /var/log/xdm.log Patch: --- x11-apps/xdm/xdm-1.1.6.ebuild.orig 2008-03-23 11:48:47.000000000 +0100 +++ x11-apps/xdm/xdm-1.1.6.ebuild 2008-03-23 11:48:58.000000000 +0100 @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ x11-libs/libXinerama x11-libs/libX11 x11-libs/libXt - x11-apps/sessreg" + x11-apps/sessreg + x11-apps/xconsole" DEPEND="${RDEPEND} x11-proto/xineramaproto x11-proto/xproto"
Fixed in portage without a revbump. Thanks
Thanks for fixing this bug. However, every time xdm starts, an xconsole instance is started too, and stays open in xfce. This is a bit annoying, since I have to manually close the console window every time I start my computer. Is there a way to get around this?
No idea. xdm is really a "reference implementation" and is hardly used at all. The last meaningful release (more than just bugfix and dead code cleanups) is more than 2 years old. If you want a real login manager, take a look at gdm, kdm, slim, etc. If xdm wasn't such a historical part of X, it would have been treecleaned long ago. Thanks
(In reply to comment #2) > Thanks for fixing this bug. > However, every time xdm starts, an xconsole instance is started too, and stays > open in xfce. This is a bit annoying, since I have to manually close the > console window every time I start my computer. Is there a way to get around > this? > I too suffer from this issue (I use xdm and ratpoison). xconsole had never been installed on my system until it became a dependency of xdm. Is there any way I can continue using xdm without having an xconsole appear every time I log in?
Sorry to post again, but to Atanas and others suffering from an unwanted xconsole instance: you can stop xconsole from appearing on login by commenting the xconsole line in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0.
(In reply to comment #5) > Sorry to post again, but to Atanas and others suffering from an unwanted > xconsole instance: you can stop xconsole from appearing on login by commenting > the xconsole line in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0. > And due to rejected bug #130876 you should fiddle with /etc/env.d.
