diff -aur slim-1.3.2.a/app.cpp slim-1.3.2.b/app.cpp
--- slim-1.3.2.a/app.cpp	2010-08-21 15:10:13.702755711 +0200
+++ slim-1.3.2.b/app.cpp	2010-08-21 15:10:48.579631179 +0200
@@ -280,21 +280,22 @@
         signal(SIGALRM, AlarmSignal);
 
 #ifndef XNEST_DEBUG
-        OpenLog();
-        
         if (!force_nodaemon && cfg->getOption("daemon") == "yes") {
             daemonmode = true;
         }
 
         // Daemonize
         if (daemonmode) {
-            if (daemon(0, 1) == -1) {
+            if (daemon(0, 0) == -1) {
                 cerr << APPNAME << ": " << strerror(errno) << endl;
                 exit(ERR_EXIT);
             }
-            UpdatePid();
         }
 
+        OpenLog();
+
+        if (daemonmode) UpdatePid();
+
         CreateServerAuth();
         StartServer();
         alarm(2);