Hi Steve, no need to Cc: me, I read d-d ;-)
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:52:49 +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 02:17:28AM +0200, Luca Capello wrote: >> Nothing changed: [...] >> My X session is started from xdm which launch SBCL [1] from a shell >> script to start StumpWM [2]. > > Do you have xutils or sessreg installed on this system? Neither of the two [I hope the English expression is correct]. > Have you modified /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup, IIRC no. > or have you removed the "use-sessreg" option from > /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options? No. >> But without the awk part works: [...] > But this only shows "logins" associated with xterms that have been > launched from within the X session, not the X session itself. /me needs to sleep a bit more... > Whereas the false negative here is when the user is running xdm (wdm > and kdm are not subject to this), didn't install the 'xorg' > metapackage, doesn't have xutils installed for any other reason, Yes, this is my case! > and blindly confirms the "restart these services" list without > considering the consequences. Well, I'd say that someone who is in my case shouldn't blindly confirms debconf questions (which I don't do). > YMMV, but I think it's acceptable to let the user's session get > creamed in this case, given that the alternative would be to leave > some users unable to log in to xdm after the upgrade because their > admin wasn't paying attention. After your explanation, fully ACK. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
