Your message dated Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:34:58 +0000
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and subject line Bug#948346: fixed in xdm 1:1.1.17-4
has caused the Debian Bug report #948346,
regarding xdm gets killed, but only on sunday, on the first startup
(code=killed, signal=USR2)
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948346: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=948346
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.1.11-3+b1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
xdm gets killed on sundays at startup time. It only happens once on sunday.
When I delete /var/lib/xdm.pid I can proceed with a xdm restart without any
problem.
This is what systemd (systemctl status and journalctl -u xdm.service) reports:
● xdm.service - X-Window Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/xdm.service; indirect; vendor preset:
enabled)
Active: failed (Result: signal) since Sun 2020-01-05 08:30:37 CET; 1min 45s ago
Process: 673 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/bin/xdm" ] (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 676 ExecStart=/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon (code=killed, signal=USR2)
Main PID: 676 (code=killed, signal=USR2)
Jan 05 08:30:31 msi systemd[1]: Starting X-Window Display Manager...
Jan 05 08:30:31 msi systemd[1]: Started X-Window Display Manager.
Jan 05 08:30:34 msi systemd[1]: xdm.service: Main process exited, code=killed,
status=12/USR2
Jan 05 08:30:37 msi systemd[1]: xdm.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
-- Logs begin at Sun 2020-01-05 08:30:25 CET, end at Sun 2020-01-05 08:31:56
CET. --
Jan 05 08:30:31 msi systemd[1]: Starting X-Window Display Manager...
Jan 05 08:30:31 msi systemd[1]: Started X-Window Display Manager.
Jan 05 08:30:34 msi systemd[1]: xdm.service: Main process exited, code=killed,
status=12/USR2
Jan 05 08:30:37 msi systemd[1]: xdm.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
I have no idea what causes the kill :(
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.3.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii cpp 4:9.2.1-3.1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.73
ii libc6 2.29-3
ii libpam0g 1.3.1-5
ii libselinux1 3.0-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.8-1
ii libxau6 1:1.0.8-1+b2
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.13-1+b2
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.2-3
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2
ii libxft2 2.3.2-2
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-2
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-2+b3
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.12-1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.5-1+b3
ii lsb-base 11.1.0
ii procps 2:3.3.15-2+b1
ii x11-utils 7.7+4
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+8
xdm recommends no packages.
xdm suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources changed:
Xcursor.theme: whiteglass
xlogin*login.translations: #override \
Ctrl<Key>R: abort-display()\n\
<Key>F1: set-session-argument(failsafe) finish-field()\n\
<Key>Delete: delete-character()\n\
<Key>Left: move-backward-character()\n\
<Key>Right: move-forward-character()\n\
<Key>Home: move-to-begining()\n\
<Key>End: move-to-end()\n\
Ctrl<Key>KP_Enter: set-session-argument(failsafe) finish-field()\n\
<Key>KP_Enter: set-session-argument() finish-field()\n\
Ctrl<Key>Return: set-session-argument(failsafe) finish-field()\n\
<Key>Return: set-session-argument() finish-field()
xlogin*greeting: Welcome to CLIENTHOST
xlogin*namePrompt: \040\040\040\040\040\040\040Login:
xlogin*fail: Login incorrect or forbidden by policy
xlogin*greetFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--24-240-75-75-p-138-iso8859-1
xlogin*font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-98-iso8859-1
xlogin*promptFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-103-iso8859-1
xlogin*failFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--18-180-75-75-p-103-iso8859-1
xlogin*greetFace: Serif-24:bold:italic
xlogin*face: Helvetica-18
xlogin*promptFace: Helvetica-18:bold
xlogin*failFace: Helvetica-18:bold
xlogin*greetFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--17-120-100-100-p-92-iso8859-1
xlogin*font: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-67-iso8859-1
xlogin*promptFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--12-120-75-75-p-70-iso8859-1
xlogin*failFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--14-140-75-75-p-82-iso8859-1
xlogin*greetFace: Serif-18:bold:italic
xlogin*face: Helvetica-12
xlogin*promptFace: Helvetica-12:bold
xlogin*failFace: Helvetica-14:bold
xlogin*borderWidth: 1
xlogin*frameWidth: 5
xlogin*innerFramesWidth: 2
xlogin*shdColor: grey30
xlogin*hiColor: grey90
xlogin*background: grey
!xlogin*foreground: darkgreen
xlogin*greetColor: red3
xlogin*failColor: red
*Foreground: black
*Background: #fffff0
xlogin*borderWidth: 3
xlogin*frameWidth: 0
xlogin*innerFramesWidth: 1
xlogin*shdColor: black
xlogin*hiColor: black
xlogin*logoFileName: /usr/share/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debian.xpm
xlogin*logoFileName: /usr/share/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debianbw.xpm
xlogin*useShape: true
xlogin*logoPadding: 10
XConsole.text.geometry: 480x130
XConsole.verbose: true
XConsole*iconic: true
XConsole*font: fixed
Chooser*geometry: 700x500+300+200
Chooser*allowShellResize: false
Chooser*viewport.forceBars: true
Chooser*label.font: *-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal-*-240-*
Chooser*label.label: XDMCP Host Menu from CLIENTHOST
Chooser*list.font: -*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-230-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
Chooser*Command.font: *-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal-*-180-*
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers changed:
:0 local /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp
:1 local /usr/bin/X :1 vt8 -nolisten tcp
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup changed:
if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi
/usr/bin/xli -onroot -fillscreen
/usr/share/WindowMaker/Backgrounds/Don-Quixote.jpg
-- debconf information:
xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/xdm
xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: xdm
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: xdm
Source-Version: 1:1.1.17-4
Done: Boyuan Yang <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xdm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Boyuan Yang <[email protected]> (supplier of updated xdm package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing [email protected])
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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:10:06 -0400
Source: xdm
Architecture: source
Version: 1:1.1.17-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Boyuan Yang <[email protected]>
Closes: 655753 869773 909639 924793 948346 950393 1041768 1129528
Changes:
xdm (1:1.1.17-4) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* debian/xdm.postinst.in: Use --pidfile for the running-daemon check.
(Closes: #1041768, #924793)
* debian/xdm.init:
- Handle stop failures without exiting before checking the result;
keep the pid file on timeout or command errors and return failure.
- Set HOME=/root for the daemon and X server. (Closes: #1129528)
- Honour the text kernel command-line option using the C locale for the
whitespace match. (Closes: #655753)
* debian/patches/22_systemd_service.diff: Use the display-manager.service
alias and drop the obsolete default-display-manager pre-start check.
Only auto-start the selected, unmasked service from postinst and
postrm abort-upgrade.
(Closes: #950393)
* debian/patches/1001-do-not-log-unknown-usernames.patch: Hide login input
that does not resolve to an account, retaining known usernames in failure
logs. Adapt Julien Cristau's proposal with a NULL check before getpwnam.
(Closes: #869773)
* debian/xdm.logrotate: Use copytruncate instead of signalling xdm during
startup; keep the log inode used by the daemon and its children.
(Closes: #948346)
* debian/xdm.README.Debian: Correct the configuration file descriptions
and document service selection, text boots, recovery, empty passwords
and log rotation. (Closes: #909639)
* debian/control: Actually bump debhelper compat to 14 (the -3 changelog
claimed this, but the dependency was still 13); drop automatically
supplied relationship substvars.
* debian/control, debian/rules: Explicitly require libxpm-dev and enable
XPM logos instead of relying on an indirect build dependency.
* debian/xdm.install: Use native debhelper environment substitution;
remove the dh-exec shebang, executable bit and build dependency.
* debian/watch: Convert to version 5 format.
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