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648220: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=648220
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm3
Version: 3.0.4-4
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I just updated a couple of packages, one of which pulled in the upgrade from
gdm2 to gdm3. Now, there is no option to start the "previous session". The
sessions drop down list defaults to "system default". But if you try to login
this fails because a system default seemingly doesn't exist. Also, after
selecting xfce session, loging in and out again, the next login will again
default to "system default" instead of an option "previous session" as there
was with gdm2. This is very inconvenient.
Kind regards
Andreas
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii accountsservice 0.6.15-1
ii adduser 3.113
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.7.5-3
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.40
ii gconf2 2.32.4-1
ii gnome-session [x-session-manager] 3.0.2-3
ii gnome-session-bin 3.0.2-3
ii gnome-session-fallback [x-session-manager] 3.0.2-3
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 3.0.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.0.1-1
ii libaccountsservice0 0.6.15-1
ii libatk1.0-0 2.2.0-2
ii libattr1 1:2.4.46-3
ii libaudit0 1.7.18-1
ii libc6 2.13-21
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.10.2-6.1
ii libcairo2 1.10.2-6.1
ii libcanberra-gtk3-0 0.28-3
ii libcanberra0 0.28-3
ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.16-1
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.98-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3
ii libfreetype6 2.4.7-2
ii libgconf2-4 2.32.4-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.24.0-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.8-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.28.8-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.0.12-2
ii libpam-modules 1.1.3-4
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-4
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-4
ii libpango1.0-0 1.29.4-2
ii librsvg2-common 2.34.1-3
ii libselinux1 2.1.0-1
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.14-1
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-21
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-2
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-3
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.1.0-3
ii libxklavier16 5.1-2
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.2-2
ii lsb-base 3.2-28
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.34.1-2
ii mutter [x-window-manager] 3.0.2.1-4
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.102-2
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.6-1
ii upower 0.9.14-1
ii xfce4-session [x-session-manager] 4.8.2-1
ii xfce4-terminal [x-terminal-emulator] 0.4.8-1
ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.8.2-1
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 276-1
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi 1.32.0-1
ii desktop-base 6.0.7
ii gnome-icon-theme 3.2.1.2-1
ii gnome-power-manager 3.0.2-3
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.0.3-3
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.6+4
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.11.1.901-2
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.6+9
ii zenity 3.2.0-1
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii gnome-mag <none>
ii gnome-orca <none>
ii gok <none>
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 3.0.3-2
ii metacity 1:2.34.1-2
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults changed:
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/logo_icon_name debian-swirl
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_enable false
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true
/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false
/apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/icon_policy never
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
--- End Message ---
