Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 54631
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start when run twice starts two font servers
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:37:36 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0b; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90) Description of problem: The X11Free86-xfs Font Server initscript if run twice will start two font servers. Since they listen on the same port there is no point is permitting two font servers to run. The Linux Standard Base (LSB 1.0.0) states "Init files should ensure that they will behave sensibly if invoked with start when the service is already running...". It would therefore be appropriate for an "xfs start" to be a noop if xfs is already running. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1./etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start 2./etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start 3./etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status Actual Results: Two font servers running. Expected Results: One font server running. Additional info:
I haven't confirmed this on Red Hat Linux 7.1, however it is working ok in Red Hat Linux 8.0 with rawhide XFree86 installed currently. Here is my test session below: [root@claw root]# killall -9 xfs xfs: no process killed [root@claw root]# service xfs start Starting xfs: [ OK ] [root@claw root]# service xfs start Starting xfs: [root@claw root]# ps ax | grep [x]fs 15911 ? S 0:00 xfs -droppriv -daemon Only one copy of xfs running. While I haven't specifically confirmed the problem in 7.1, since it isn't reproduceable in the current codebase, I'm treating this one as resolved in RAWHIDE now and closing. Also note that Red Hat Linux 7.3 plus erratum and Red Hat Linux 8.0 are both LSB certified so this is most likely not present in 7.3 or 8.0 stock either. Thanks.