how do I remove this startup Command?

kushalkoolwal · 05-17-2006, 06:08 PM

Hi, I have a compiled version of Xorg 6.8.1(provided by my vendor) installed on my Debian Sarge system running kernel 2.6.16. I am using Fluxbox as Desktop Managers and XDM as login manager.

Now whenever by XDM login windows comes up, there is Console on the Right hand Bottom corner of the screen which automatically shows up. It contains the text "Console log for Debian". Also when I login into my fluxbox environment that Console Windows still shows up. I have to manually close it to get rid off it. Finally I decided to do an
ps aux -H and this is what I came up with:

Code:

USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.1  1588  516 ?        S    15:48   0:01 init [2]  
root         2  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SN   15:48   0:00   [ksoftirqd/0]
root         3  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S    15:48   0:00   [watchdog/0]
root         4  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:48   0:00   [events/0]
root         5  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:48   0:00   [khelper]
root         6  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:48   0:00   [kthread]
root         8  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:48   0:00     [kblockd/0]
root        51  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S    15:48   0:00     [pdflush]
root        52  0.3  0.0     0    0 ?        S    15:48   0:05     [pdflush]
root        54  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:48   0:00     [aio/0]
root       640  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:48   0:00     [kseriod]
root      1076  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:49   0:00     [kpsmoused]
root      2747  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   15:50   0:00     [khubd]
root        53  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S    15:48   0:00   [kswapd0]
root       845  0.3  0.0     0    0 ?        S    15:48   0:05   [kjournald]
root       872  0.0  0.0  1572  428 ?        S<s  15:48   0:00   udevd
root      3078  0.0  0.0  1744  384 ?        Ss   15:50   0:00   dhclient -e -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.leases eth0
root      3411  0.0  0.1  1632  580 ?        Ss   15:50   0:00   /sbin/syslogd
root      3414  0.0  0.2  2272 1124 ?        Ss   15:50   0:00   /sbin/klogd
message   3417  0.0  0.1  2168  748 ?        Ss   15:50   0:00   /usr/bin/dbus-daemon-1 --system
hal       3422  0.2  0.9  6324 4532 ?        Ss   15:50   0:03   /usr/sbin/hald --drop-privileges
root      3427  0.0  0.0  1576  336 ?        Ss   15:50   0:00   /usr/sbin/inetd
root      3438  0.0  0.1  3476  892 ?        Ss   15:50   0:00   /usr/sbin/sshd
root      3567  0.0  0.1  3384  816 ?        Ss   15:51   0:00   /usr/bin/X11/xdm
root      3690  9.2  2.9 17508 14476 ?       S    15:51   2:26     /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-OI4kEd
root      4439  0.1  0.4  4008 2144 ?        S    16:13   0:00     -:0             
root      4448 10.1  0.9  7080 4492 ?        S    16:13   0:25       fluxbox
root      4458  0.3  0.0     0    0 ?        Zs   16:14   0:00         [feh] <defunct>
root      4506  2.3  0.6  6088 3452 ?        Ss   16:16   0:01         xterm
root      4507  0.3  0.3  3000 1644 pts/0    Ss   16:16   0:00           bash
root      4520  0.0  0.1  2560  836 pts/0    R+   16:17   0:00             ps aux -H
root      3568  0.0  0.0  1580  488 tty1     Ss+  15:51   0:00   /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
root      3573  0.0  0.0  1580  488 tty2     Ss+  15:51   0:00   /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
root      4445  0.0  0.3  3936 1712 ?        S    16:13   0:00   xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail
root      4456  1.3  1.4 12168 7092 ?        S    16:13   0:03   idesk

That console window is basically the Xconsole window which shows up above i.e.
xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail
When I close that Xconsole manually the above line disappears from the output of ps aux -H

So my guess is somewhere in the start up scripts there is a command which calls that Xconsole after starting the XDM. How can I locate it? Where can I find it?

Thanks

pljvaldez · 05-17-2006, 06:16 PM

Try editing /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options and put a # in front of the line that reads run-xconsole.

kushalkoolwal · 05-17-2006, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pljvaldez

Try editing /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options and put a # in front of the line that reads run-xconsole.

Thanks for looking into this but it seems that there is no such line in xdm.options file. Here are the contents of that file:

Code:

# $Id: xdm.options 2051 2004-12-09 14:53:04Z fabbione $
#
# configuration options for xdm
# See xdm.options(5) for an explanation of the available options.

no-ignore-nologin
no-restart-on-upgrade
no-start-on-install
use-sessreg

Also can I do a search on my entire root folder looking for a file which contains the line
xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail

If yes, how can I find it? Do I have to use the 'find' command? What is the command to search the contents of the files in linux.

Thanks once again.

gilead · 05-17-2006, 06:35 PM

The following will recursively search from the root of your hard disk through all files for that string. The -I switch tells it to process binary files as though they do not match:

Code:

grep -IR 'xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail' /* 2>/dev/null

I hope it helps, but beware, it will be very slow...

pljvaldez · 05-17-2006, 06:43 PM

http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/d...7&format=plain

From man xdm.options

Quote:

Users of older versions of the Debian system should note that the
'run-xconsole' option has been removed. Shell scripts named
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup and /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset can be edited to disable or
modify the running of xconsole on the xdm greeter screen; see the xdm
manual page for more information.

kushalkoolwal · 05-17-2006, 06:48 PM

Thank you pljvaldez and gilead
I think I found the file. The file name was Xsetup_0 and it was residing in /etc/X11/xdm folder