Re: Applications routinely crash X... how is this possible?

[jg pa dec com (Jim Gettys)]

> From: Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@orcus.priv.at>
> Resent-From: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Date: 18 Mar 1999 17:59:01 +0100
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: Applications routinely crash X... how is this possible?
> -----
> Hi,
> 
> >>>>> On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:37:41 -0700 (MST)
> >>>>> Tim Lloyd <lloydt@Colorado.EDU> said:
> 
>  Tim> So, er, what would be a suggestion to have in .xinitrc, so X
>  Tim> doesn't go down whenever gnome crashes?
> 
> Anything. "xterm" for example. Remember to remove any "exec" before
> the gnome-session call. And of course, inadvertedly ending this xterm
> will close your X.
> 
> You could also try:
> 
> until gnome-session; do
>         echo restarting gnome-session
> done
> 
> This should restart the thing until it exits cleanly with code zero.
> 
>         Robbe
> 

If you play this hack, put a short sleep into the loop; otherwise,
if you get a core dumping gnome-session problem, you'll find your
system in sore shape until you fix it (repetitively core dumping nicely
loads a system).
				- Jim