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 Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923472 Title: xdm fails to start on Sundays Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 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? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1923472/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
