From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 20 20:32:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB6C16A418 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:32:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Received: from proxy1.bredband.net (proxy1.bredband.net [195.54.101.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B37813C46A for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:32:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Received: from ironport2.bredband.com (195.54.101.122) by proxy1.bredband.net (7.3.127) id 4730FF89005622DB for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:12:35 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao9CANfOQkfVcij+Rmdsb2JhbACBW40xAQEBNwE Received: from c-fe2872d5.09-42-6e6b7010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO trapper.homedns.org) ([213.114.40.254]) by ironport2.bredband.com with ESMTP; 20 Nov 2007 21:12:33 +0100 Received: from trapper.homedns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by trapper.homedns.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lAKKCWKe001814; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:12:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Message-ID: <47433FB0.7060307@lazlarlyricon.com> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:12:32 +0100 From: Rolf G Nielsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071118) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <47431C03.4080701@lazlarlyricon.com> <20071120201540.X1824@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20071120201540.X1824@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: xdm woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:32:53 -0000 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> pushing aqnd releasing the power button, so the OS shuts down using >> ACPI). This happens every time. No matter what window manager I use. >> But it only happens when I use xdm. If I start X with startx, it shuts >> down cleanly and returns to the tty from which I ran startx. > > how you start xdm? > > from ttys or manually? strange - anyway > > > I've started it from ttys a few times, but I gave up after a few days. Since then I've tried starting it manually (both with and without the -nodaemon option) every time I've upgraded something related to either the system or X. Last time a few hours ago, just before I wrote my original mail about this, after upgrading xorg-server from 1.4_2,1 to 1.4_3,1. -- Sincerly, Rolf Nielsen