Well, it is working _almost_ as designed!

When you shutdown the XSM, it is supposed to stop the X server.  But
then, xdm is supposed to restart the server and display another login
screen.  You should probably look at the xdm output (sorry, I can't
remember where it is at the moment) to see why it is failing to restart
X.

On Mon, 11 May 1998 rgfischer@mail.hac.com wrote:

>      
>      I've got my MacBSD system running quite well.  I decided to start 
>      using 'xdm' so that I could leave X11 running 
>      (and have a screensaver when I'm not logged in).
>      
>      After enabling xdm in the /etc/rc.conf file and restarting, the X 
>      server starts up and then I get a login screen.  After I login, I get 
>      an xterm and xsm (the "X session manager") starts up.  
>      
>      As I understand it, when I select 'shutdown' in xsm, it is s'pose to 
>      save which apps I'm running, then log me out.  Instead of just logging 
>      me out, it quits X too.  The X server is no longer running, xdm is no 
>      longer running, and I'm left looking at one big terminal.
>      
>      I've read the xsm man pages thoroughly and can't find any mention of 
>      this behavior.
>      
>      How can I make xsm log me out without quitting my X server?
>      
>      Thanks,
>      Roger
> 

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