Am 10.02.20 um 16:29 schrieb chrysn: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 03:04:49PM +0100, Ansgar wrote: >> If I start an xterm via Alt-F2 in gnome, the xterm process runs in a >> cgroup like gnome-launched-xterm-489694.scope. gnome-terminal or an >> xterm started in gnome-terminal run in the gnome-terminal- >> server.service cgroup. I expect openbox doesn't do this and processes >> started by openbox run in the same cgroup as openbox itself. >> >> `systemd-cgls` is useful to see how processes are organized into >> cgroups. >> >> The gnome-launched-*.scope has KillMode=control-group, so all processes >> including background processes like tmux get killed when the unit gets >> stopped (systemd --user show -p KillMode gnome-launched-....scope). > > That does not explain the on-and-off behavior, but helps in > understanding why processes get killed in the first place. > > Then, however, is KillUserProcesses completely obsolete? A user trying > to debug a situation like mine will currently wind up in the discussion > of #825394 and look into KillUserProcesses' documentation. Even if it's > not completely obsolete, a warning that desktop environment spawned > processes might also be subject to killing from their desktop > environment's KillMode would be helpful.
Maybe we should first get to the bottom of your issue before jumping to conclusions and producing incorrect/incomplete documentation. Michael
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