changed /etc/init.d/slimserver to perform #!/bin/bash -x...  what other information do you want?  this was reproduced on an intel mac using Parallels with Fedora Core 5, vanilla installation with developer tools (since it required me to run the build-perl-modules.pl script)

[root@localhost ~]# service slimserver stop
+ . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
++ TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts
++ umask 022
++ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
++ export PATH
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ COLUMNS=80
++ '[' -z '' ']'
+++ /sbin/consoletype
++ CONSOLETYPE=pty
++ '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n -a -z '' ']'
++ . /etc/sysconfig/i18n
+++ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+++ SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16
++ '[' pty '!=' pty ']'
++ '[' -n '' ']'
++ export LANG
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/init ']'
++ . /etc/sysconfig/init
+++ BOOTUP=color
+++ GRAPHICAL=yes
+++ RES_COL=60
+++ MOVE_TO_COL='echo -en \033[60G'
+++ SETCOLOR_SUCCESS='echo -en \033[0;32m'
+++ SETCOLOR_FAILURE='echo -en \033[0;31m'
+++ SETCOLOR_WARNING='echo -en \033[0;33m'
+++ SETCOLOR_NORMAL='echo -en \033[0;39m'
+++ LOGLEVEL=3
+++ PROMPT=yes
++ '[' pty = serial ']'
++ '[' color '!=' verbose ']'
++ INITLOG_ARGS=-q
+ . /etc/sysconfig/network
++ NETWORKING=yes
++ HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
+ '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/slimserver ']'
+ . /etc/sysconfig/slimserver
++ SLIMSERVER_USER=slimserver
++ SLIMSERVER_HOME=/usr/local/slimserver
++ SLIMSERVER_CFG=/etc/slimserver.conf
++ SLIMSERVER_LOG=/tmp/slimserver.log
++ SLIMSERVER_ARGS='--daemon --prefsfile=/etc/slimserver.conf --logfile=/tmp/slimserver.log'
+ '[' yes = no ']'
+ RETVAL=0
+ prog=SLIMSERVER
+ SLIMSERVER_BIN=/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl
+ '[' -x /usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl -a -f /etc/slimserver.conf ']'
+ case "$1" in
+ stop
+ echo -n 'Shutting down SlimServer: '
Shutting down SlimServer: + killproc /usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl
+ local RC killlevel= base pid pid_file=
+ RC=0
+ '[' 1 -eq 0 ']'
+ '[' /usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl = -p ']'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ base=slimserver.pl
+ __pids_var_run /usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl ''
+ local base=slimserver.pl
+ local pid_file=/var/run/slimserver.pl.pid
+ pid=
+ '[' -f /var/run/slimserver.pl.pid ']'
+ return 3
+ '[' -z '' -a -z '' ']'
++ __pids_pidof /usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl
++ pidof -c -o 3138 -o 3135 -o %PPID -x /usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl
++ pidof -c -o 3138 -o 3135 -o %PPID -x slimserver.pl
+ pid=
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ '[' -n '' -a -n '' ']'
+ failure 'slimserver.pl shutdown'
+ rc=1
+ '[' color '!=' verbose -a -z '' ']'
+ echo_failure
+ '[' color = color ']'
+ echo -en '\033[60G'
                                                           + echo -n '['
[+ '[' color = color ']'
+ echo -en '\033[0;31m'
+ echo -n FAILED
FAILED+ '[' color = color ']'
+ echo -en '\033[0;39m'
+ echo -n ']'
]+ echo -ne '\r'
+ return 1
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ']'
+ /usr/bin/rhgb-client --details=yes
+ '[' -w /var/gdm/.gdmfifo ']'
+ echo BOOTUP_ERRORS
+ return 1
+ RC=0
+ '[' -z '' ']'
+ rm -f /var/run/slimserver.pl.pid
+ return 0
+ RETVAL=0
+ echo

+ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ rm -f /var/lock/subsys/slimserver
+ return 0
+ exit 0