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List:       openbsd-x11
Subject:    Re: Issue when sending a SIGKILL to X while on the current display
From:       Theo de Raadt <deraadt () cvs ! openbsd ! org>
Date:       2010-08-03 19:06:00
Message-ID: 201008031906.o73J60AL008585 () cvs ! openbsd ! org
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> Hello x11@,
> 
> How to reproduce
> 1- launch a WM, let's say, fvwm
> 2- spawn a terminal
> 3- find the pid for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (ps -x ..)
> 4- execute kill from the spawned terminal with the -KILL switch and
> the pid of X
> 
> CTR+ALT+F* keys won't work after that and the user is stuck with
> a static display. The only thing to do then, is to shutdown by hand.
> 
> Tested on a current system (OpenBSD 4.8 GENERIC.MP#296 i386), 
> with the default configuration, that is with startx using
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
> 
> Although killing X this way is not a good practice, I think this deserve
> a fix.

We'll be waiting for your fix then.

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