Re: Followup on netscapes' parent being an xterm.

["A. Konstam" <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 01:23:17AM +0200, Laurent CREPET wrote:
> 
> On 2001.06.01 23:27 A. Konstam wrote:
> > Earlier a question was asked about what happens when you launch
> > netscape in the background from an xterm and kill the xterm.
> > 
> > The answer made sense , that the netscape is killed when its parent is
> > killed. BUt that led me to three anomolies:
> > 
> > 1. When you run netscape or any other application from the gnome panel
> > its parent process in init (process 1). How is that pulled off?
> > 
> 
> On my system, init level 5
>   - init runs gdm
>   - gdm runs X, window manager, etc.
> 
> No, I think it's normal...
> 
> root      5836     1  0 May31 ?        00:00:00   /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
> root      5841  5836  1 May31 ?        00:30:23     /etc/X11/X -auth
> /var/gdm/:0.Xauth :0
> root      5842  5836  0 May31 ?        00:00:00     /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon
> lct       5854  5842  0 May31 ?        00:00:00      
> /usr/bin/gnome-session
> lct       5930     1  0 May31 ?        00:00:07   gnome-smproxy
> --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-k9f8xG/ --sm-clilct       5932     1  0
> May31 ?        00:14:52   magicdev --sm-config-prefix /magicdev-rWwMcC/
> --sm-client-id 117flct       5944     1  0 May31 ?        00:00:00  
> gnome-name-service
> lct       5949     1  0 May31 ?        00:00:36   sawfish --sm-client-id
> 117f000001000098872770800000009930002
> lct       5953     1  0 May31 ?        00:00:18   panel --sm-config-prefix
> /panel.d/default-fbkf1B/ --sm-client-id lct       5955     1  0 May31 ?    
>    00:00:03   gmc --sm-config-prefix /gmc-vxS6eC/ --sm-client-id
> 117f0000010000lct       5957     1  0 May31 ?        00:01:40  
> gnome-terminal --sm-config-prefix /gnome-terminal-uiPw7B/ --sm-cl
> lct       5979     1  0 May31 ?        00:00:43   tasklist_applet
> --activate-goad-server tasklist_applet --goad-fd lct       5981     1  1
> May31 ?        00:41:24   deskguide_applet --activate-goad-server
> deskguide_applet --goad-flct       5984     1  0 May31 ?        00:00:36  
> asclock_applet --activate-goad-server asclock_applet --goad-fd 8
>
It is hard to read what is above but the point is; let us assume that the window
manager is run by init (although that is not obvious from inittab). But if the
windowmanager launches netscape then it should be the parent process of netscape
not init.
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