diff -up xorg-server-1.3.0.0/dix/main.c.jx xorg-server-1.3.0.0/dix/main.c
--- xorg-server-1.3.0.0/dix/main.c.jx	2006-11-16 13:01:23.000000000 -0500
+++ xorg-server-1.3.0.0/dix/main.c	2007-10-15 14:37:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[
 	    	FatalError("could not create connection block info");
 	}
 
+	NotifyParentProcess();
+
 	Dispatch();
 
 	/* Now free up whatever must be freed */
diff -up xorg-server-1.3.0.0/include/os.h.jx xorg-server-1.3.0.0/include/os.h
--- xorg-server-1.3.0.0/include/os.h.jx	2007-02-16 11:03:12.000000000 -0500
+++ xorg-server-1.3.0.0/include/os.h	2007-10-15 14:37:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ extern void ResetOsBuffers(void);
 
 extern void InitConnectionLimits(void);
 
+extern void NotifyParentProcess(void);
+
 extern void CreateWellKnownSockets(void);
 
 extern void ResetWellKnownSockets(void);
diff -up xorg-server-1.3.0.0/os/connection.c.jx xorg-server-1.3.0.0/os/connection.c
--- xorg-server-1.3.0.0/os/connection.c.jx	2007-02-17 20:37:56.000000000 -0500
+++ xorg-server-1.3.0.0/os/connection.c	2007-10-15 14:42:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -370,6 +370,52 @@ InitConnectionLimits(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * If SIGUSR1 was set to SIG_IGN when the server started, assume that either
+ *
+ *  a- The parent process is ignoring SIGUSR1
+ *
+ * or
+ *
+ *  b- The parent process is expecting a SIGUSR1
+ *     when the server is ready to accept connections
+ *
+ * In the first case, the signal will be harmless, in the second case,
+ * the signal will be quite useful.
+ */
+static void
+InitParentProcess(void)
+{
+#if !defined(WIN32)
+    OsSigHandlerPtr handler;
+    handler = OsSignal (SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN);
+    if ( handler == SIG_IGN)
+	RunFromSmartParent = TRUE;
+    OsSignal(SIGUSR1, handler);
+    ParentProcess = getppid ();
+#ifdef __UNIXOS2__
+    /*
+     * fg030505: under OS/2, xinit is not the parent process but
+     * the "grant parent" process of the server because execvpe()
+     * presents us an additional process number;
+     * GetPPID(pid) is part of libemxfix
+     */
+    ParentProcess = GetPPID (ParentProcess);
+#endif /* __UNIXOS2__ */
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+NotifyParentProcess(void)
+{
+#if !defined(WIN32)
+    if (RunFromSmartParent) {
+	if (ParentProcess > 1) {
+	    kill (ParentProcess, SIGUSR1);
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+}
 
 /*****************
  * CreateWellKnownSockets
@@ -382,7 +428,6 @@ CreateWellKnownSockets(void)
     int		i;
     int		partial;
     char 	port[20];
-    OsSigHandlerPtr handler;
 
     FD_ZERO(&AllSockets);
     FD_ZERO(&AllClients);
@@ -436,42 +481,9 @@ CreateWellKnownSockets(void)
     OsSignal (SIGTERM, GiveUp);
     XFD_COPYSET (&WellKnownConnections, &AllSockets);
     ResetHosts(display);
-    /*
-     * Magic:  If SIGUSR1 was set to SIG_IGN when
-     * the server started, assume that either
-     *
-     *  a- The parent process is ignoring SIGUSR1
-     *
-     * or
-     *
-     *  b- The parent process is expecting a SIGUSR1
-     *     when the server is ready to accept connections
-     *
-     * In the first case, the signal will be harmless,
-     * in the second case, the signal will be quite
-     * useful
-     */
-#if !defined(WIN32)
-    handler = OsSignal (SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN);
-    if ( handler == SIG_IGN)
-	RunFromSmartParent = TRUE;
-    OsSignal(SIGUSR1, handler);
-    ParentProcess = getppid ();
-#ifdef __UNIXOS2__
-    /*
-     * fg030505: under OS/2, xinit is not the parent process but
-     * the "grant parent" process of the server because execvpe()
-     * presents us an additional process number;
-     * GetPPID(pid) is part of libemxfix
-     */
-    ParentProcess = GetPPID (ParentProcess);
-#endif /* __UNIXOS2__ */
-    if (RunFromSmartParent) {
-	if (ParentProcess > 1) {
-	    kill (ParentProcess, SIGUSR1);
-	}
-    }
-#endif
+
+    InitParentProcess();
+
 #ifdef XDMCP
     XdmcpInit ();
 #endif
@@ -520,16 +532,7 @@ ResetWellKnownSockets (void)
 
     ResetAuthorization ();
     ResetHosts(display);
-    /*
-     * See above in CreateWellKnownSockets about SIGUSR1
-     */
-#if !defined(WIN32)
-    if (RunFromSmartParent) {
-	if (ParentProcess > 1) {
-	    kill (ParentProcess, SIGUSR1);
-	}
-    }
-#endif
+
     /*
      * restart XDMCP
      */