From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jul 23 01:00:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA03013 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:00:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA03004 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:00:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id BAA09185; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 01:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807230800.BAA09185@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Subject: Re: conf/7366: /tmp/.X* not removed by /etc/rc if clear_tmp_enable != YES Reply-To: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR conf/7366; it has been noted by GNATS. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) To: rivers@dignus.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/7366: /tmp/.X* not removed by /etc/rc if clear_tmp_enable != YES Date: 23 Jul 1998 09:58:44 +0200 Thomas David Rivers writes: > if clear_tmp_enable is YES, then /etc/rc kindly removes > /tmp/.X*-lock and /tmp/.X11-unix/* > > But - if clea_tmp_enable isn't yes; then these don't get > removed; causing X11 startup to fail on reboot. These files shouldn't be present if X was shut down properly (CTRL-R in xdm, ALT-CTRL-BACKSPACE, kill -TERM, you name it). If X did not shut down properly (kernel panic, power outage, kill -KILL, X server bug), the machine probably needs human intervention anyway. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message