xfce4-session & XEmacs

[Ric]

--- Benedikt Meurer <Benedikt.Meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 18, Jul 2003, Ric wrote:
> 
> > Hey:
> 
> Hello Ric,
> 
> > I looks like previous xemacs processes are not getting closed (properly)
> by
> > XFce xfsm. Maybe that is the reason there is trouble.
> > 
> > Today, I removed Autostart and let xfsm do its thing.  (Autostart is a
> crutch
> > anyway...)
> 
> Autostart is handled by xfsm as well (since 0.0.2x)

Yes, I know and that is a problem, here.  It always runs .../Autostart/* even
if 
I do not have it in the xinitrc file.


> 
> > The first login, xemacs was running normally and on the correct ws. I
> logged
> > out and xemacs was spinning the cpu again -apparently hung according to
> > gkrellm.  I logged out and at login found the same situation, except this
> time
> > I noticed that there were three(3) xemacs processes. Two of them
> correlated in
> > time with the other sessions and those were the two spinning the CPU.
> > 
> > The problem is most apparent if I do _not_ save the session at logout -> 
> > previous xemacs processes are still running. I logged out, saving the
> session,
> > and at login had the same 2 bad xemacs processes running + one that
> appears
> > ok.   I tried it one more time _not_ saving the session and had 4 xemacs,
> 3
> > spinning the CPUs(180% of 200(dual cpus)).
> 
> Ok, I suggest you to close xemacs by hand before logging out for now.
> This is really a xemacs IMHO. I'll try to work-around it, but that'll
> take some time.

That's fine, can do.  
Many of the problems that are occurring here with xfsm do not happen in XFce
3.  
It _has_ (not "had" - it ain't dead yet... ) '' builtin session management ''
according 
to the .xsession-errors message that is generated every time I run XFce 3.  
Although your xfsm can do much more I am sure, eventually,  what XFce 3 does
now is PDG.  Ask Olivier...
Also, maybe, running XFce v3 would help give an idea of what (XFce) end users
will expect to just work. It really is a great little DE, although not as
purty & extensible as XFce 4.  I am not positive, but it might be the fastest
*nix DE in the whole D! world and it has 'some' session management, which,
BTW, does not depend upon the Autostart crutch to work although it can use it
if the end user desires it.


> 
> > Ric
> 
> Benedikt
> 
> -- 


=====
Have A Great Day!

Ric
***
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Do not take yourself too seriously.  Nobody else does. ;)

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