[SOLVED] xdm init script problem

Vilius · 09-14-2010, 06:47 AM

Hello,

Running Debian lenny 64bit.
I start xdm:

Code:

# /etc/init.d/xdm start
Starting X display manager: xdm.
#

Process is started and xdm.pid is in place:

Code:

# ps -ef|grep xdm
root      3917     1  0 11:30 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/xdm
#
# ls /var/run|grep xdm
xdm.pid
#

Now I log in using xdm login dialog and log out. Lets check xdm:

Code:

# ps -ef|grep xdm
root      3917     1  0 11:30 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/xdm
#
# ls /var/run|grep xdm
#

xdm.pid is gone and if I try to stop xdm:

Code:

# /etc/init.d/xdm stop
Stopping X display manager: xdm not running (/var/run/xdm.pid not found).
#

Of course I can kill xdm but this is annoying. If I use invoke-rc.d - result is exactly the same.

Why xdm.pid is deleted while xdm continues to run ?
Possible to fix that ?

thanks
Vilius

unSpawn · 09-15-2010, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vilius

Why xdm.pid is deleted while xdm continues to run ?

"xdm does not properly check the pid in /var/run/xdm.pid" (2004): http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=270393 ("Severity set to wishlist")?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vilius

Possible to fix that ?

Wedging in a rather crude 'pgrep /usr/bin/xdm > /var/run/xdm.pid' at the top of the "stop" section could work as long as only one PID exists or the kill function will deal with killing multiple PIDs?

Vilius · 09-16-2010, 03:06 AM

Ok added this:

Code:

pgrep -f -n /usr/bin/xdm > /dev/null && pgrep -f -n /usr/bin/xdm > /var/run/xdm.pid

Works.
Thanks for idea.

Vilius