Bug#402537: marked as done (xdm exits immediately after been launched)

To: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>
Subject: Bug#402537: marked as done (xdm exits immediately after been launched)
From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:18:10 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] handler.402537.D402537.126789213031548.ackdone@bugs.debian.org>
References: <20100306161523.GA7353@loulous.org> <20061211021530.3428.68578.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>

Your message dated Sat, 6 Mar 2010 17:15:23 +0100
with message-id <20100306161523.GA7353@loulous.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#402537: xdm exits immediately after been launched
has caused the Debian Bug report #402537,
regarding xdm exits immediately after been launched
to be marked as done.

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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
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To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: xdm exits immediately after been launched
From: Eric Van Buggenhaut <ericvb@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:15:30 +0100
Message-id: <20061211021530.3428.68578.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>
Reply-to: Eric.VanBuggenhaut@AdValvas.be

Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.0.5-1
Severity: important

Hi,

I just (re)installed xdm but I'm unable to launch it, the process 
immediately ends without error message:

atto:~[0]# sh -x /etc/init.d/xdm start
+ set -e
+ '[' -z '' ']'
+ HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER=true
+ DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE=/etc/X11/default-display-manager
+ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
+ DAEMON=/usr/bin/X11/xdm
+ PIDFILE=/var/run/xdm.pid
+ test -x /usr/bin/X11/xdm
++ basename /usr/bin/X11/xdm
+ SSD_START_ARGS='--pidfile /var/run/xdm.pid --name xdm --startas 
/usr/bin/X11/xdm'
++ basename /usr/bin/X11/xdm
+ SSD_STOP_ARGS='--pidfile /var/run/xdm.pid --name xdm --retry 
TERM/5/TERM/5'
++ basename /usr/bin/X11/xdm
+ SSD_RELOAD_ARGS='--pidfile /var/run/xdm.pid --name xdm --signal 1'
+ case "$1" in
+ '[' true = true ']'
+ '[' -e /etc/X11/default-display-manager ']'
++ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
+ '[' /usr/bin/X11/xdm '!=' /usr/bin/X11/xdm ']'
+ echo -n 'Starting X display manager: xdm'
Starting X display manager: xdm+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet 
--pidfile /var/run/xdm.pid --name xdm --startas /usr/bin/X11/xdm
+ echo .
.
+ exit 0
atto:~[0]# ps aux|grep xd
root      3956  0.0  0.0   3372   656 tty1     R+   03:13   0:00 grep xd


Executing xdm directly gives this trace:


execve("/usr/bin/X11/xdm", ["/usr/bin/X11/xdm"], [/* 15 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="atto", ...})  = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x8066000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f9c000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=76232, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 76232, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f89000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libselinux.so.1", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P8\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=79368, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 84884, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f74000
mmap2(0xb7f87000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x12) = 0xb7f87000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXaw.so.7", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\320\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=363260, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 367056, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f1a000
mmap2(0xb7f6d000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x52) = 0xb7f6d000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXmu.so.6", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300I\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=85484, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f19000
mmap2(NULL, 85264, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f04000
mmap2(0xb7f18000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14) = 0xb7f18000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY)   = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \276\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=320344, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 320916, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7eb5000
mmap2(0xb7f00000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x4b) = 0xb7f00000
mmap2(0xb7f03000, 1428, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f03000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libSM.so.6", O_RDONLY)   = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20 \0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=32144, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 35048, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7eac000
mmap2(0xb7eb4000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7) = 0xb7eb4000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libICE.so.6", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3406\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=85060, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 95312, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e94000
mmap2(0xb7ea9000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14) = 0xb7ea9000
mmap2(0xb7eaa000, 5200, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7eaa000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\10"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=6676, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 9564, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e91000
mmap2(0xb7e93000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7e93000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXpm.so.4", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0000#\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=60956, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 63836, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e81000
mmap2(0xb7e90000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe) = 0xb7e90000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libX11.so.6", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@L\1\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=965952, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e80000
mmap2(NULL, 966364, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7d94000
mmap2(0xb7e7c000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe8) = 0xb7e7c000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\17\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16672, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 19604, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7d8f000
mmap2(0xb7d93000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3) = 0xb7d93000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\10\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=21868, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 184636, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7d61000
mmap2(0xb7d66000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x4) = 0xb7d66000
mmap2(0xb7d68000, 155964, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7d68000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340\23"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=29700, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 32656, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7d59000
mmap2(0xb7d60000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6) = 0xb7d60000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240O\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1245676, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1251484, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c27000
mmap2(0xb7d4f000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x128) = 0xb7d4f000
mmap2(0xb7d56000, 10396, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7d56000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXext.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`&\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=52848, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 56060, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c19000
mmap2(0xb7c26000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xc) = 0xb7c26000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libXau.so.6", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\n\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7220, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7c18000
mmap2(NULL, 10164, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c15000
mmap2(0xb7c17000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7c17000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)   = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\f\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=9592, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 12404, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c11000
mmap2(0xb7c13000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7c13000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libsepol.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0200\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=219824, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 265152, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7bd0000
mmap2(0xb7c06000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x35) = 0xb7c06000
mmap2(0xb7c07000, 39872, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7c07000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bcf000
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bce000
mprotect(0xb7d4f000, 20480, PROT_READ)  = 0
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7bce6c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
munmap(0xb7f89000, 76232)               = 0
access("/etc/selinux/", F_OK)           = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
brk(0)                                  = 0x8066000
brk(0x8087000)                          = 0x8087000
open("/proc/mounts", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f9b000
read(3, "rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0\n/dev/root"..., 1024) = 522
read(3, "", 1024)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7f9b000, 4096)                = 0
umask(022)                              = 022
umask(022)                              = 022
open("/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=77424, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bae000
read(3, "#\t$XdotOrg: lib/X11/nls/locale.a"..., 131072) = 77424
read(3, "", 131072)                     = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7bae000, 131072)              = 0
open("/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.dir", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=38270, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bae000
read(3, "#\t$XdotOrg: lib/X11/nls/locale.d"..., 131072) = 38270
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7bae000, 131072)              = 0
access("/usr/share/X11/locale/C/XLC_LOCALE", R_OK) = 0
open("/usr/share/X11/locale/C/XLC_LOCALE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=772, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bae000
read(3, "#  $Xorg: C,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:"..., 131072) = 772
read(3, "", 131072)                     = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7bae000, 131072)              = 0
open("/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=77424, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bae000
read(3, "#\t$XdotOrg: lib/X11/nls/locale.a"..., 131072) = 77424
read(3, "", 131072)                     = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7bae000, 131072)              = 0
open("/usr/share/X11/locale/locale.dir", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=38270, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bae000
read(3, "#\t$XdotOrg: lib/X11/nls/locale.d"..., 131072) = 38270
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7bae000, 131072)              = 0
access("/usr/share/X11/locale/C/XLC_LOCALE", R_OK) = 0
open("/usr/share/X11/locale/C/XLC_LOCALE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=772, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7bae000
read(3, "#  $Xorg: C,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:"..., 131072) = 772
read(3, "", 131072)                     = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7bae000, 131072)              = 0
open("/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1470, ...}) = 0
read(3, "! $Xorg: xdm-conf.cpp,v 1.3 2000"..., 1470) = 1470
close(3)                                = 0
stat64("/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1470, ...}) = 0
getuid32()                              = 0
open("/var/log/xdm.log", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0666) = -1 EEXIST (File exists)
open("/var/log/xdm.log", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND) = 3
dup2(3, 2)                              = 2
close(3)                                = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7bce708) = 3499
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
exit_group(0)                           = ?
Process 3498 detached

But the process dies.

Cheers,

E.

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Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.7n
Locale: LANG=fr_BE@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_BE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_BE@euro)

Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii  cpp                          4:4.1.1-13  The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]        1.5.8       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libice6                      1:1.0.1-2   X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpam0g                     0.79-3.2    Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1                  1.32-2      SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                       1:1.0.1-3   X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.3-2   X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                      1:1.0.1-2   X11 authorisation library
ii  libxaw7                      1:1.0.2-4   X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxdmcp6                    1:1.0.1-2   X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.1-2   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1                 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxmu6                      1:1.0.2-2   X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxpm4                      1:3.5.5-2   X11 pixmap library
ii  libxt6                       1:1.0.2-2   X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  x11-common                   1:7.1.0-5   X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii  xbase-clients                1:7.1.ds-3  miscellaneous X clients

xdm recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: xdm
  xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
  xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/X11/xdm

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To: 402537-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#402537: xdm exits immediately after been launched

From: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>

Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 17:15:23 +0100

Message-id: <20100306161523.GA7353@loulous.org>

In-reply-to: <20070309015606.GG5732@patate.is-a-geek.org>

References: <45E757D6.90107@ens-lyon.org> <20070309021955.GA4305@alterna.homelinux.org> <20070309015606.GG5732@patate.is-a-geek.org>
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 02:56:07AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Fri, Mar  9, 2007 at 03:19:55 +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 11:46:46PM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> > > Eric,
> > > 
> > > What's the status of your xdm exiting right after starting? Do you still
> > > reproduce with latest Xorg/Etch?
> > 
> > I can still reproduce this bug with latest Xorg. Attached is a strace
> > 
> Hi,
> 
> it seems xdm exits right after reading /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers, probably
> because it thinks it has nothing to do.  Can you send us the contents of
> this file?

No reply in 3 years, closing.

Brice
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