Public bug reported: On the first login of the week, xdm (1.1.11-3ubuntu2) fails to start on Ubuntu 20.04.
More correctly, it does start, but exits almost immediately on signal 12. It leaves /var/run/xdm.pid behind, and also a running X server with no clients. This makes it hard to restart, for one needs to kill the X server and remove the pid file first. The cause is logrotate running during startup and killing xdm before xdm installs a handler for SIGUSR2. The issue is more fully described upstream at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=948346 In passing I would comment that running logrotate so early during startup seems strange to me. Startup would surely be faster if these sort of "cron" jobs were left until it had finished? ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923472 Title: xdm fails to start on Sundays To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1923472/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
