From f9ec07a9859c5b305105ab38bff3f3db0dcb842d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 23:20:42 +0100 Subject: gnu: slim: Work around flaky synchronization with the X server. * gnu/packages/patches/slim-sigusr1.patch: New file. * gnu/packages/slim.scm (slim): Use it. * gnu-system.am (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. --- gnu/packages/patches/slim-sigusr1.patch | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/slim-sigusr1.patch (limited to 'gnu/packages/patches') diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/slim-sigusr1.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/slim-sigusr1.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..344b02933e --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/slim-sigusr1.patch @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +This patch fixes SLiM so it really waits for the X server to be ready +before attempting to connect to it. Indeed, the X server notices that +its parent process has a handler for SIGUSR1, and consequently sends it +SIGUSR1 when it's ready to accept connections. + +The problem was that SLiM doesn't pay attention to SIGUSR1. So in practice, +if X starts slowly, then SLiM gets ECONNREFUSED a couple of time on +/tmp/.X11-unix/X0, then goes on trying to connect to localhost:6000, +where nobody answers; eventually, it times out and tries again on +/tmp/.X11-unix/X0, and finally it shows up on the screen. + +Patch by L. Courtès. + +--- slim-1.3.6/app.cpp 2014-02-05 15:27:20.000000000 +0100 ++++ slim-1.3.6/app.cpp 2014-02-09 22:42:04.000000000 +0100 +@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ void CatchSignal(int sig) { + exit(ERR_EXIT); + } + ++static volatile int got_sigusr1 = 0; + void User1Signal(int sig) { ++ got_sigusr1 = 1; + signal(sig, User1Signal); + } + +@@ -884,6 +886,7 @@ int App::WaitForServer() { + int ncycles = 120; + int cycles; + ++ while (!got_sigusr1); + for(cycles = 0; cycles < ncycles; cycles++) { + if((Dpy = XOpenDisplay(DisplayName))) { + XSetIOErrorHandler(xioerror); -- cgit v1.2.3