Re: bug x reinits every 2 sec before login

From: bgeer (bgeer_at_xmission.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:56:17 +0000 (UTC)

"Tim" <it2gati@ituniv.se> writes:

>"Tim" <it2gati@ituniv.se> wrote
><snip could not start x or xdm>

>My harddrive was full so the server couldnt start, but instead of telling me
>about it the xserver just tried to restart indefinitley.

>Is this something worth reporting as a bug to Xorg or should I just suck it
>up and stop complaining?

I consider periodic checks of file system usage, thereby preventing a
full file system, to be normal sysadmin function.

Rather than "suck it up and stop complaining" I recommend considering
it a "lesson learned the hard way" kind of thing, i.e. wisdom gained.

Any application should of course report file open() & write() errors,
tho many coders are just too lazy to do it.

But consider X - such errors reported to stdout/stderr may never be
seen if the switch to a graphical screen is incomplete. Depending on
the version of X you are using, maybe look around for its log file &
see if there are any hints there. 

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