[Bug 47320] Re: /etc/init.d/gdm stop falsely reports gdm stopped

[Tormod Volden]

> that might be something to change to the lsb-base package

Yes, it's a problem with the arguments given to the start-stop-daemon.
IIRC, leaving out the --exec argument makes --stop work.

This is still a problem in Feisty, after running "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm
stop", the two gdm processes keep running.

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/etc/init.d/gdm stop falsely reports gdm stopped
https://launchpad.net/bugs/47320