On Wed, 8 Apr 2015 09:41:33 AM Michele Bert wrote:
2015-04-08 3:42 GMT+02:00 Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com>:
At least xdm starts *before* the X server. It's xdm that *starts* the X server.
I've neve gone into details, but that's a question which sometimes comes up in my mind: how does a graphical DM render images on the screen? Does it interface with some drivers, or with an X-server? In the second case X starts before the DM (and it's then restarted by the DM).
ps axf is your friend: 1359 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/kdm -config /var/run/kdm/kdmrc 1363 tty7 Rs+ 118:47 \_ /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -br -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-xymEhc 1483 ? S 0:00 \_ -:0 2425 ? Ss 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/ck-launch-session /usr/bin/dbus- launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/startkde The above is from my laptop. You can see that kdm (the X login program) started the X server and the "-:0" process that launched the session. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/