Bug#438196: xdm does not create /var/run/xdm.pid

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Dr. Markus Waldeck wrote:
> Package: xdm
> Version: 1:1.1.5-1
> Severity: important
>
> It noticed some problems with xdm 1.1.5-1.
>
> One problem is that a start via /etc/init.d/xdm does not create the
> PIDFILE /var/run/xdm.pid.
>
> So it is not possible to stop the xdm with /etc/init.d/xdm:
>
> # /etc/init.d/xdm stop
> Stopping X display manager: xdm not running (/var/run/xdm.pid not
> found).
>   


We have multiple bug reports [1] about problems related to xdm
startup/exit/pidfile, I guess we need to cleanup some mess here...

Brice

[1] #270393, #343386, #334461, #372114, #382037, #398917, ...