Attachment 14863 Details for Bug 13623 – loopofdeath2 -- gdm timeout for broken login displays

[patch] loopofdeath2 -- gdm timeout for broken login displays

gdm-2.0beta2-loopofdeath2.patch (text/plain), 1.02 KB, created by Ed McKenzie on 2001-04-07 06:00:06 UTC

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Creator: Ed McKenzie

Created: 2001-04-07 06:00:06 UTC

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>--- gdm-2.0beta2/daemon/server.c.loopofdeath2	Sat Apr  7 01:39:56 2001
>+++ gdm-2.0beta2/daemon/server.c	Sat Apr  7 01:43:35 2001
>@@ -98,10 +98,14 @@
>       return TRUE;
>     }
> 
>-  /* If we've tried too many times we bail out. i.e. this means we
>-   * tried too many times in the 90-second period.
>+  /* If we fail to start the Xserver three times in ninety seconds,
>+   * it's highly unlikely that we will ever succeed. So, we bail out.
>+   *
>+   * However, we don't just exit. /sbin/init will just invoke us
>+   * again, which defeats the purpose of this exercise. Instead,
>+   * we drop to runlevel 3.
>    */
>-  if (disp->retry_count > 4)
>+  if (disp->retry_count >= 3)
>     {
>       gchar *msg;
>       msg = g_strdup_printf (_("Failed to start X server several times in a short time period; disabling display %s"), disp->name);
>@@ -110,6 +114,8 @@
>       disp->disabled = TRUE;
> 
>       gdm_debug ("Failed to start X server after several retries; aborting.");
>+
>+      system("/sbin/init 3");
>       
>       exit (SERVER_ABORT);
>     }

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