following the recommendations I've substituted shipped script with the one from repository:
len:~# md5sum /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh 343b0d689606ff6d08a9791df0ab5c96 /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh but the story remains: len:~# /etc/init.d/gdm stop Stopping GNOME Display Manager: gdmusage: splashy <boot|shutdown|test> | splashy_chvt <N> I am running this in the ssh session from another box with no X forwarding (just FYI) -- Yaroslav Halchenko Research Assistant, Psychology Department, Rutgers-Newark Student Ph.D. @ CS Dept. NJIT Office: (973) 353-5440x263 | FWD: 82823 | Fax: (973) 353-1171 101 Warren Str, Smith Hall, Rm 4-105, Newark NJ 07102 WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]