Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 01 Nov 2001 20:31:20 +0100 | From | Pierre Rousselet <> | Subject | Re: on exit xterm totally wrecks linux 2.4.11 to 2.4.14-pre6 (unkillable processes) |
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Ricardo Martins wrote:
> >> Procedure > >> In X windows (version 4.1.0 compiled from the sources) when writing > >> "exit" in xterm to close the terminal emulator, the window freezes, and > >> from that moment on, every process becomes "unkillable", including > xterm > >> and X (ps also freezes), and there's no way to shutdown GNU/Linux in a > >> sane way (must hit reset or poweroff). > > > >I can see the problem here with 2.4.13. I don't know if it's kernel > >related, I'm used using rxvt, never xterm. > > >It looks like xterm takes the terminal where you started X from. > > >Are you using devfs ? > > > >Pierre > > > Pierre, yes, i'm using devfs that seems to be the problem, do you know > how to fix it ?
Is it devfs or xterm which needs to be fixed ? I would
suggest to switch to rxvt which works fine with/without devfs.
Pierre
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