Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:16:06 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, rc@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Subject: Re: xdm does not work junder BETA3 Message-ID: <00701089-9A0A-4309-8A6B-D6AF34CDEBF0@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaX=sHEcvhM6_jMCCC3jcHn2RVESpW_ujFGi_pJkYGT_EUg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXnPHgYNJ4cxKbKgiaChu3%2BCuHDheGPAX7fkU0_BumtG9g@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgkgipSRakreBjMAn5KZKr4KEsfQVj3fyU_N7VAoU7x3oQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXmWS7vDtJa00ES6VL8BBpTmg1P2d3Sv=g-zub6noJ=Piw@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxg=DCk-ERpMtmDs2xyG5-noOztjgBMguZ_Xp_x=iRp5SOw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXmnckNWx=aGUzsbonUbJh0is8N%2BtxRA2NhmoZuFwZub-A@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo839qvbmbwAsai7sGFjnx0TT8ABDMDEftVUzi7mBytJsQNQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=sHEcvhM6_jMCCC3jcHn2RVESpW_ujFGi_pJkYGT_EUg@mail.gmail.com>
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/var/run isn't ever cleared on boot. Programs are supposed to cope with with stale .pid files, since they might have died w/o deleting it... Warner On Nov 30, 2011, at 3:07 AM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On 29 Nov 2011 03:43, "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I found the problem it never deleted the /var/run/xdm.pid on reboot >> >> Shouldn't /var/run be cleared on boot? >> >> Cc rc, sorry for cross-posting but it seems to be that kind of issue. >> >> Chris >> > > Yes in theory the machine should when it does a cold (and this includes the > power/reset button) boot the machine from the moment the processor does > it's very first cycle to the time I type the very first key and/or the > first mouse movement as a fully logged in user (via XDM) using the default > XFCE4 desktop with my default configs means that the when the machine > shutdown it left *ZERO* evidence that it had ever existed... in other words > the default start up (POST --> bootloader --> single user mode --> xdm --> > xfce4) does not need to worry about getting rid of side effects of this.... > in the windows world this is done with a program by the name of "Freeze > Dry".... the only problem with Freeze Dry is a) it runs on windows only > (needs a disk formatted and booted with fat32), b) it requires a mirror > drive with the default config to over write and then boot on the active > slice and c) makes it nearly impossible to make "local" changes (actually > it's primary audience is college computer [and other public computer] > labs/sites that need to be able to reboot to the same config no matter what > weird thing the user did).... item c is what makes it hard to use that so > instead the entier start up process should never see any evidence that it > is not the very first OS ever booted on this machine being booted for the > first time > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-rc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-rc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-rc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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