I'm not sure if this is a problem with the gentoo build (doubt it, but I've learned not to talk to developers of software and tell them that I use gentoo....:-/) but if you pass an incorrect theme value (e.g. one that doesn't exist) to entrance-0.9.0.20040710, it will crash, and attempt to restart, crash again, restart, etc. etc. etc... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. use edb_gtk_ed, edb_vt_ed, or edb_ed to open /etc/entrance_config.db 2. change str: /entrance/theme to a nonexistent theme name (e.g. foo.eet) 3. log out of X 4. attempt to start your DM (entranced obviously) Actual Results: It goes into a crashing loop that never ends. Expected Results: Entranced should detect that it is not starting and gracefully exit, reverting back to xdm. Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.7-gentoo-r11) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r11 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp:///ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
It does the same thing on my machine, even though I pass a correct theme :-(
moved upstream
