Re: [PLUG] xdm delays

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 05:01:21PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> i don't even have any kerberos installed:

Good 'nuff.

> from xdm(1):
>        
>        After the user logs in, xdm runs the  Xstartup  script  as
>        root.
> 
>        Then  xdm runs the Xsession script as the user.  This sys­
>        tem session file may do some additional startup and  typi­
>        cally  runs the .xsession script in the user's home direc­
>        tory.  When the Xsession  script  exits,  the  session  is
>        over.
> 
> but the delay happens right between the two paragraphs...
> and the delay also exists if i start an XDMCP session from another
> machine. same deal...

Ah, well, clearly it's just punctuation in your login process.

;^>

> no KDE and no gnome installed, and even in RedHat, the window manager
> is only called if there does not exist a .xsession script. in any
> case, all this happens in Xsession, but the delay takes place before
> Xsession, but after the completion of Xstartup.

Hrm.

Is your xdm built with debugging flags? If not, rebuild it, and run
it under gdb. No, wait, screw that, strace it (you'll want to spit
that to a file... use the -o option) and see what the hell its doing
in all that time.

       ~ g r @ eclipsed.net


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