Hello,

Is it possible to detect the X-server crash from within the program?

I would like to detect that case, so I can restart X

anon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to detect the X-server crash from within the program?
>
> I would like to detect that case, so I can restart X

If you run you system with a GUI login screen like GDM or KDM, then that
is handled for you. For example: Using GDM I log into my system and see
the Gnome desktop. I press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace which kills the X-server,
but the X-server auto restarts and shows me the GUI login again.


Regards,
- Graeme -

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Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> anon wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is it possible to detect the X-server crash from within the program?
>>
>> I would like to detect that case, so I can restart X
>
> If you run you system with a GUI login screen like GDM or KDM, then that
> is handled for you. For example: Using GDM I log into my system and see
> the Gnome desktop. I press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace which kills the X-server,
> but the X-server auto restarts and shows me the GUI login again.

Thank you for responding, but that doesn't answer my question. Maybe it
was not clean enough.

Lets say I have a c++ program, which displays a window with two embedded
opengl windows. Now, from within this program I want to detect a "x
server crashed" state and restart it (again from the program). Is this
possible?