on Sun, May 16, 2004 at 09:02:06AM -0700, William Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I exit X or reboot from within X with shutdown, whatever running > programs are sort of rudely hung up. Gnome apps and Mozilla that seem > to save state at File|Quit don't appear to. Also sometimes my FGLRX > driver appears to lock up when I abruptly exit X (have to hard boot -- > can't switch to different virtual terminal). > > Is there a way to run a script before X exits, so that I can more > gracefully quit apps? More like Windows; although rude apps such as > Outlook can "hang" quitting.
Why are you exiting X?
Do you know:
- Multiple X sessions can run at the same time. You can configure
your X display manager ([xgkw]dm) to run multiple instances, or
start additional ones from a console. Switch between virtual
consoles with <ctrl><alt><F 1-12>.
- You can lock an X session with xscreensaver.
- You can hibernate X with APM enabled on most reasonable laptops,
etc.
Typically, my X sessions run weeks to months. Closing stuff down is
done rarely, and the state loss *is* a major PITA.
Peace.
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