On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:20:26 -0400
cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:

> Tom Wijsman <tom...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300
> > Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Are you sure that you need gdm at all?
> > 
> > Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so,
> > unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, I don't
> > think that a plain call with a plain `exec gnome-session` will work.
> > 
> > It for example needs the *-launch things between exec and
> > gnome-session.
> 
> So, What can I do aside from restarting gdm after it goes to sleep or
> whatever its doing after a few minutes?  Also, I did try startx and I
> did get a session and it seems to work, although I have not tested
> extensively.

Sounds like some kind of power management kicking in; usually typing
some key and/or mouse helps with that, a step further is to try
pressing the power button if it has made it sleep, suspend, ...

The screen-saver control of x11-apps/xset might help correct this.

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With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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