Bug 3507

Summary:	linuxconf restarts gpm on it's own.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Component:	gpm	Assignee:	Cristian Gafton <gafton>
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Version:	6.0
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Description David Lawrence 1999-06-16 18:55:29 UTC

From redhat-list:
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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Statux wrote:

> ahh.. don't worry.. my linuxconf loves to restart gpm
everytime. <shrug>

This is a bug in the gpm sysv script on redhat 6.0.
Linuxconf can't do
much about it. Change the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm. Locate
the line

	# pidfile: /var/run/gpmpid

and change it to

	# pidfile: /var/run/gpm.pid


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Jacques Gelinas <jack.ca>
Check out Linuxconf at http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf
New modules: mgettyconf, managerpm

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 1999-06-18 17:01:59 UTC

Fixed in a new version of gpm, available from rawhide