the error comes from /etc/init.d/slim script, after attempting to issue 'stop' (or restart) slim not responding to TERM singals...
$ tail -1 /var/log/messages slim: unexpected signal 15 as reported, after the failed stop, slim does not respond to user input anymore only way to kill it , is the hard way: killall -9 slim bad news for ubuntu/debian users :( -- cant stop/restart slim https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240098 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs