%% Matthew Wade Roberts <mwr4722_at_unix.tamu.edu> writes:
mwr> I'm running xdm on my machine with FVWM. When I exit FVWM (using
mwr> the 'Quit' command) my screen locks up and I get a lot of garbage
mwr> on the screen. A few seconds later xdm starts up again.
That's not your screen locking up; that the X server restarting.
When you login, you do all kinds of things to the server; load database
info, etc. The best/only way to get a "clean" X server for the next guy
who logs in, is to restart the server.
mwr> Is there anyway to avoid this? I guess I'm wondering if there is
mwr> another command that would provide a smoother transition.
Well, there's no way to avoid the X server restart; that's part of the
architecture of xdm.
I suppose it depends a lot on the particular X server, what happens to
your video display during the time the server is restarting. Some might
try harder to leave the screen looking "nice" during the restart... I
suppose for some video cards that might not even be possible.
In any case, this isn't an fvwm question :). You'd see the same
behavior with any other window manager.
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Received on Mon May 17 1999 - 14:45:59 BST