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Package: xdm
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9
Severity: wishlist
Odd, I (as root on /dev/tty1) do invoke-rc.d xdm restart, and in
/var/log/xdm.log see "Permission denied". No problem, just looks weird.
xdm info (pid 4628): shutting down
xdm info (pid 4654): sourcing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset
xdm error (pid 4654): cannot remove process ID file /var/run/xdm.pid:
Permission denied
xdm info (pid 4628): exiting
xdm info (pid 5720): starting
xdm info (pid 5720): starting X server on :0
(The file was updated anyway. Good.)
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Version: 1:1.1.10-1
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:40:40 +0800 Dan Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: xdm
> Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Odd, I (as root on /dev/tty1) do invoke-rc.d xdm restart, and in
> /var/log/xdm.log see "Permission denied". No problem, just looks weird.
>
> xdm info (pid 4628): shutting down
> xdm info (pid 4654): sourcing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset
> xdm error (pid 4654): cannot remove process ID file /var/run/xdm.pid:
> Permission denied
> xdm info (pid 4628): exiting
> xdm info (pid 5720): starting
> xdm info (pid 5720): starting X server on :0
Hi,
The message came from a child xdm process (pid 4654, the one sourcing Xreset)
running the atexit() handler that removes the pid file; the parent (pid 4628)
is the one that owns it. Upstream commit 3a4f890
("Don't remove the pid file from xdm child processes", xdm 1.1.10)
makes that handler a no-op outside the parent xdm process. It is the
same fix that closed #372114 in 1:1.1.10-1, so I'm closing this bug
with that version.
Please reopen if you still see this message with a current xdm.
Thanks,
Boyuan
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