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--- Begin Message ---
Package: i3
Version: 4.8-2
Severity: minor
When logging in from slim without this package installed, there's an error
message about xrdb not being installed.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.7
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages i3 depends on:
ii i3-wm 4.8-2
Versions of packages i3 recommends:
ii dunst 1.1.0-1
ii i3lock 2.6-1
ii i3status 2.8-1
ii suckless-tools 40-1+deb8u2
i3 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Thanks for the investigation. Let’s close the bug, as the warning is indeed
intentional.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 7:30 AM, Geert Braekmans <[email protected]>
wrote:
> pstree shows
>
> systemd -> slim -> bash -> xrdb
>
> Did some more digging, /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources (part
> of x11-common) is a shell script launched by Slim and if xrdb is not
> available it intentionally shows this message (which for some reason cannot
> be closed, thus you end up with a nonfunctional x-server).
>
> Should this bug be reassigned to x11-common or closed? (Since the warning
> was put there for a reason, and you could easily disable it in /etc, given
> you know how your xsession is started...)
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Michael Stapelberg <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=package%3Aslim+xrdb yields 0
>> results. Maybe create a shell script called xrdb which logs the caller to
>> find out where it comes from?
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Geert Braekmans <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> My ~/.xsession just calls i3. I've looked a little further into the
>>> problem and if I startx from a console the error doesn't pop up. If I login
>>> using slim it does. Maybe this should be logged against slim?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Michael Stapelberg <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> i3 does not run xrdb. My guess is that you have an ~/.xsession file (or
>>>> ~/.xinitrc, or similar) which calls xrdb. Can you confirm?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:10 PM, Geert Braekmans <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Package: i3
>>>>> Version: 4.8-2
>>>>> Severity: minor
>>>>>
>>>>> When logging in from slim without this package installed, there's an
>>>>> error
>>>>> message about xrdb not being installed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- System Information:
>>>>> Debian Release: 8.7
>>>>> APT prefers stable-updates
>>>>> APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
>>>>> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>>>>>
>>>>> Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
>>>>> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>>>>> (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
>>>>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>>>>> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>>>>>
>>>>> Versions of packages i3 depends on:
>>>>> ii i3-wm 4.8-2
>>>>>
>>>>> Versions of packages i3 recommends:
>>>>> ii dunst 1.1.0-1
>>>>> ii i3lock 2.6-1
>>>>> ii i3status 2.8-1
>>>>> ii suckless-tools 40-1+deb8u2
>>>>>
>>>>> i3 suggests no packages.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- no debconf information
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Michael
>>
>
>
--
Best regards,
Michael
--- End Message ---
