Subject: Re: xconsole broken for xdm/gdm setups
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-x11
Date: 05/04/2003 14:10:52
Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> writes:
> On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 01:30:08PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > This may be a separate bug. xdm should re-chown the console while you
> > log in. If it is not doing that, something is wrong.
>
> Yes, that's what I tried to say ;-)
>
> There are two possible ways to do it, I guess:
>
> - make xdm call ttyaction() or
Well, the problem there is that ttyaction is predicated on passing a
tty name to the call. What is the tty name for the thing I log in on
with xdm? My guess is "none" :) (Or is it really ttyE5, in which case
all this could be fixed by simply making ttyE5 get the ttyaction
statement for xdmed host?)
> - install the Give/TakeConsole hacks (see
> xsrc/xfree/xc/programs/xdm/config/GiveConsole) and make them work
>
> Martin
>
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com