Debian bug report logs - #1669 shutdown hangs on gpm -k until mouse is moved Package: gpm ; Reported by: Marek Michalkiewicz ; 18 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl!marekm Fri Oct 13 07:48:15 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t3lPD-000DTqC; Fri, 13 Oct 95 07:48 PDT Received: from i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl by pixar.com with SMTP id AA05238 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 13 Oct 1995 07:47:47 -0700 Received: (from marekm@localhost) by i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA01844 for debian-bugs@pixar.com; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:48:01 +0100 From: Marek Michalkiewicz Message-Id: <199510131448.PAA01844@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl> Subject: shutdown hangs on gpm -k until mouse is moved To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:47:57 +0100 (MET) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 301 Package: gpm Version: 1.00-1 The "gpm -k" command (kill the running gpm process) hangs until the mouse is moved. Not good for rebooting the system from remote, or when the system is being shut down due to UPS low battery... Maybe use start-stop-daemon instead, until the -k option is fixed? Marek ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Marek Michalkiewicz : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1669 ; Package gpm . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov