Hi,

The gdm startup script could be more simple than it is. The upstream gdm package provides a gdm-stop program, so there is no need to use the generic arch way to stop gdm.

Moreover, i realized that stopping gdm with gdm-stop exits properly to console mode, which looks cleaner at shutdown :)

Following is my gdm script relying on gdm-stop. I use it on my PC since a few weeks and had no problem with this version.

Best thanks

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#!/bin/bash

. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

case "$1" in
start)
stat_busy "Starting GDM"
/opt/gnome/bin/gdm
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
stat_fail
else
stat_done
fi
;;
stop)
stat_busy "Stopping GDM"
/opt/gnome/sbin/gdm-stop
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
stat_fail
else
stat_done
fi
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac
exit 0