On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan <ma_sys...@web.de> wrote:
> On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan <ma_sys...@web.de> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> It should actually output a tree which (on my system, lightdm will of
> >> course be different) ends with
> >>
> >> ~$ pstree | tail -n 10
> >> |-udevd---2*[udevd]
> >> |-xdm-+-Xorg
> >> | `-xdm---ck-launch-sessi-+-fluxbox-+-icedove-bin-...
> >> | | |-java---17*[{java}]
> >> | | |-xcompmgr
> >> | | |-xscreensaver
> >> | | `-xterm---bash-+-pstree
> >> | | `-tail
> >> | `-ssh-agent
> >> `-z_space_dapp
> >>
> >> With lightdm I guess there should be some sort of "lightdm"-subtree
> >> (instead of xdm on my system). You could look for its subprocesses and
> >> terminate those which could be a window manager left from your DE.
> >> However, I have also seen processes which no longer stick below the
> >> correct part of the tree but instead go directly below init after their
> >> parent was terminated. Therefore you might also try to look at pstree
> >> (or htop) while in your DE to find out about the window manager and
> >> check the whole tree for that process afterwards.
> >>
> >
> > This is my pstree http://dpaste.com/1168992/ and i close all wm
> programmes
> > under lightdm, but its still not allowing me to log back into fluxbox.
>
> I find this part most interesting:
>
> ├─2*[lightdm─┬─Xorg]
> │ ├─lightdm─┬─lxsession─┬─caja───3*[{caja}]]
> │ │ │ ├─claws-mail───{claws-mail}]
> │ │ │ ├─clipit]
> │ │ │ ├─lxpanel]
> │ │ │ ├─openbox]
> │ │ │ ├─pcmanfm]
> │ │ │ ├─ssh-agent]
> │ │ │ ├─zim]
> │ │ │ └─{lxsession}]
> │ │ └─{lightdm}]
> │ ├─lightdm]
> │ └─2*[{lightdm}]]
>
> There is a whole lot of programs still running -- check the lxsession
> subtree: An openbox (which is a window manager) is still running and
> some other LXDE stuff as well (pcmanfm, lxpanel), also a mail client. To
> kill the last window manager just terminate "openbox" via killall
> openbox. However, it might be required to terminate the whole tree,
> probably something like killall -s TERM lxsession or such. On the other
> hand, I am unsure how much lxsession belongs to lightdm, i.e. might it
> be necessary to keep lightdm running?
>
I'm sorry I forgot to say that when I couldn't get into fluxbox I reverted
to lxde for my working DE , which si why all the lxde stuff is running.
>
> >> Htop has a similar view activated by pressing F5 but you can
> >> additionally browse it and check how much of your CPU the process
> occupies.
> >>
> > This is really bugging me, and I may have to write a script to kill
> > everything before I log into fluxbox.
>
> Or a script to terminate your session upon logoff.
>
> Yes, thats a good idea.
Thanks
Sharon.
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