Package: xdm Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 Severity: normal xdm does not properly check the pid in /var/run/xdm.pid, failing to start with 'already running' even if no process with that pid is currently running.
This bug has been around for several years now. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Versions of packages xdm depends on: ii cpp 4:3.3.4-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.34 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runtime 0.76-22 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System Session Management ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Athena widget set library ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X pixmap library ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 miscellaneous X clients ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m -- debconf information excluded
