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authorMatthieu Herrb <matthieu@cvs.openbsd.org>2016-11-06 09:24:28 +0000
committerMatthieu Herrb <matthieu@herrb.eu>2020-07-14 15:52:35 +0200
commit88ad5479fa7e4d49825878d32dec88ff8de77981 (patch)
tree5997000759d0b0293eb746f5bd07b4f3b7198618
parent52d8432acbf74bb9353daa68b2e6ba33398cf14c (diff)
Remove more mentions of remote and foreign X servers
-rw-r--r--man/xenodm.man50
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/man/xenodm.man b/man/xenodm.man
index 80c0180..3a4db8a 100644
--- a/man/xenodm.man
+++ b/man/xenodm.man
@@ -334,23 +334,6 @@ by a fatal error. When reached, the display is disabled.
The default values are
\fBopenDelay\fP: 15, \fBopenRepeat\fP: 5, \fBopenTimeout\fP: 120,
\fBstartAttempts\fP: 4 and \fBreservAttempts\fP: 2.
-.IP "\fBDisplayManager.\fP\fIDISPLAY\fP\fB.pingInterval\fP"
-.IP "\fBDisplayManager.\fP\fIDISPLAY\fP\fB.pingTimeout\fP"
-To discover when remote displays disappear,
-.I xenodm
-occasionally pings them, using an X connection and \fIXSync\fP
-calls. \fBpingInterval\fP specifies the time (in minutes) between each
-ping attempt, \fBpingTimeout\fP specifies the maximum amount of time (in
-minutes) to wait for the terminal to respond to the request. If the
-terminal does not respond, the session is declared dead and terminated. By
-default, both are set to 5 minutes. If you frequently use X terminals which
-can become isolated from the managing host, you may wish to increase this
-value. The only worry is that sessions will continue to exist after the
-terminal has been accidentally disabled.
-.I xenodm
-will not ping local displays. Although it would seem harmless, it is
-unpleasant when the workstation session is terminated as a result of the
-server hanging for NFS service and not responding to the ping.
.IP "\fBDisplayManager.\fP\fIDISPLAY\fP\fB.terminateServer\fP"
This boolean resource specifies whether the X server should be terminated
when a session terminates (instead of resetting it). This option can be
@@ -504,12 +487,11 @@ be:
:0 Digital-QV local BINDIR/X :0
.fi
-The display types are:
+The only recognized display types is:
.ta 1i
.nf
-local local display: \fIxenodm\fP must run the server
-foreign remote display: \fIxenodm\fP opens an X connection to a running server
+local local display: \fIxenodm\fP will run the server
.fi
.PP
@@ -983,16 +965,6 @@ duties. SIGTERM is expected to terminate the server.
If these signals do not perform the expected actions,
the resources \fBDisplayManager.\fP\fIDISPLAY\fP\fB.resetSignal\fP and
\fBDisplayManager.\fP\fIDISPLAY\fP\fB.termSignal\fP can specify alternate signals.
-.PP
-To control remote terminals not using XDMCP,
-.I xenodm
-searches the window hierarchy on the display and uses the protocol request
-KillClient in an attempt to clean up the terminal for the next session. This
-may not actually kill all of the clients, as only those which have created
-windows will be noticed. XDMCP provides a more sure mechanism; when
-.I xenodm
-closes its initial connection, the session is over and the terminal is
-required to close all other connections.
.SH "CONTROLLING XENODM"
.PP
.I Xenodm
@@ -1048,24 +1020,6 @@ line:
.fi
.PP
-Or, you might have a file server and a collection of X terminals. The
-configuration for this is identical to the sample above,
-except the \fIXservers\fP file would look like
-.nf
-.ta .5i
-
- extol:0 VISUAL-19 foreign
- exalt:0 NCD-19 foreign
- explode:0 NCR-TOWERVIEW3000 foreign
-
-.fi
-.PP
-This directs
-.I xenodm
-to manage sessions on all three of these terminals. See the section
-\fBControlling Xenodm\fP for a description of using signals to enable
-and disable these terminals in a manner reminiscent of
-.IR init (__adminmansuffix__).
.SH LIMITATIONS
One thing that
.I xenodm