diff -up gdm-2.20.0/gui/gdmlogin.c.fix-savedie gdm-2.20.0/gui/gdmlogin.c

--- gdm-2.20.0/gui/gdmlogin.c.fix-savedie	2007-09-28 13:16:05.000000000 -0400

+++ gdm-2.20.0/gui/gdmlogin.c	2007-09-28 13:16:09.000000000 -0400

@@ -1796,6 +1796,9 @@ process_operation (guchar       op_code,

 	gdm_kill_thingies ();

 	gdk_flush ();

+	printf ("%c\n", STX);

+	fflush (stdout);

+

 	_exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);

     case GDM_QUERY_CAPSLOCK:

diff -up gdm-2.20.0/gui/greeter/greeter.c.fix-savedie gdm-2.20.0/gui/greeter/greeter.c

--- gdm-2.20.0/gui/greeter/greeter.c.fix-savedie	2007-09-28 13:15:48.000000000 -0400

+++ gdm-2.20.0/gui/greeter/greeter.c	2007-09-28 13:15:53.000000000 -0400

@@ -574,6 +574,8 @@ process_operation (guchar       op_code,

 	gdm_wm_save_wm_order ();

 	gdk_flush ();

+	printf ("%c\n", STX);

+	fflush (stdout);

 	_exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);