Solved xdm: make xconsole go away after log-in

[sidetone]

How would I make x11/xconsole go away automatically after XDM logs into the window manager?

 

[Juha Nurmela]

xlsclients and xkill in .xsession is one method.

Juha

 

[sidetone]

I tried one of the kill ( pkill) commands from a configuration file before, but it had permission problems. I'll try this one. Thanks.

 

[tobik@]

Commenting/deleting the xconsole line in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 is another method.

 

[sidetone]

I thought it required xconsole in the Xsetup_0 file.

 

[Juha Nurmela]

xlsclients output is cumbersome, this might work more reliably

#!/bin/sh

for i
do
  set -- `xwininfo -name "$i"`
  case "$4" in
  0x*)  xkill -id "$4" ;;
  esac
done

Juha


xwininfo seems to have trouble, when there is no window manager. Hrmh...

 

[tobik@]

I thought it required xconsole in the Xsetup_0 file.

Why? Works fine for me, but maybe I'm doing something wrong?

 

[sidetone]

One of my setups doesn't have that problem, but now I realize that's because x11/xconsole isn't installed. I'll try un-commenting it for other installations. It looks like that will work, and I'll like that solution. x11/xkill and x11/xclients is also good for some to know about. Thanks for your responses.

 

[teo]

How would I make x11/xconsole go away automatically after XDM logs into the window manager?

What was the procedure to disable the automatic window of xconsole?

 

[sidetone]

What was the procedure to disable the automatic window of xconsole?

Commenting/deleting the xconsole line in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0

Except, the directory was changed to /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/.

 

[hruodr]

I wrote it before in other thread: install xsm and the problem is solved.

The configuration depends on xsm, but it is not a package dependence of xdm.

 

[daeminion]

Except, the directory was changed to /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/.

worded