Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It seems many apps treat an external close/quit signal as being more
> like a `kill' than a `close gracefully'.
>
> I believe this is related to the problem of session management; maybe
> looking for info on that may help?
I think you nailed the bug
On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 01:57:06PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > 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 n
On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:02:15PM -0600, s. keeling wrote:
>
> I agree, however if he's sufficiently motivated, he could just build
> something that reverses the output of "ps fax" and kills in that
> order. I wouldn't use it but I imagine others might like it.
I just wrote this:
$ cat /x/x/ki
On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 07:02:43PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> Why are you exiting X?
To boot into Windows to play Far Cry or edit .mpegs from my PVR using
VideoRedo.
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Incoming from Bob Proulx:
> William Ballard wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Best to log out before shutting down. Then all of your appl
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 FG
William Ballard 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
William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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 not just lock your console instead, or close the programs before
you logout?
On Sunday 16 May 2004 12:02 pm, William Ballard wrote:
> 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.
I don't know if a way right off to build that into shutdown, but you cou
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 t
> > As part of your initscripts, 'xdm' (x display manager)
> > or 'gdm' (gnome display manager) is being called.
> > You need to kill that process... I don't know if there's
> > a more graceful way.
>
> /etc/init.d/xdm stop
I should have known/remembered that... Since I don't use xdm,
I had a brai
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 01:07:32PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > Is there any way to exit completely from X? When I
> > choose logout or pres Ctrl+Alt+Backspace I return to
> > the login prompt but don't exit X.
Actually, yes, X does exit. Then xdm immediately restarts it.
> As part of your i
> I run X with gnome desktop. The X-windows start, but
> the graphic modes are very poor.
>
> Is there any way to exit completely from X? When I
> choose logout or pres Ctrl+Alt+Backspace I return to
> the login prompt but don't exit X. Also if I press
> Ctrl-Alt-+ to change the resolution it does
I run X with gnome desktop. The X-windows start, but the graphic modes are very
poor.
Is there any way to exit completely from X? When I choose logout or pres
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace I return to the login prompt but don't exit X. Also if I
press Ctrl-Alt-+ to change the resolution it does nothing at
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