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--- Begin Message ---
Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.10-1
Severity: normal
GDM is not picking up xsessions that are stored in /var/lib/menu-xdg/xsessions.
It appears this
was removed in Debian bug #464179. Is there some Debian policy that specifies
where xsessions should be
registered? Otherwise this seems like a bit of a hack. At least one window
manager (ratpoison) uses the
menu-xdg system to register itself. Please see Debian bug #563959.
Francis
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii gksu 2.0.2-2+b1 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-session [x-session-ma 2.28.0-4 The GNOME Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal- 2.28.2-1 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii kde-window-manager [x-windo 4:4.3.4-3 the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulato 4:4.3.2-1 X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.20-2 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.28.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 1:2.4.44-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libaudit0 1.7.13-1 Dynamic library for security audit
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.82-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdmx1 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.3-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.26.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.18.3-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libpam-modules 1.1.0-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.0-4 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.0-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.26.2-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii librsvg2-2 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii librsvg2-common 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-18 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.2-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.5-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxi6 2:1.2.1-2 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.28.0-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii ratpoison [x-window-manager 1.4.5-2 keyboard-only window manager
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 251-1 X terminal emulator
Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii dialog 1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii gdm-themes 0.6.2 Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii whiptail 0.52.10-5 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
pn xserver-xephyr | xnest <none> (no description available)
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+4 the X.Org X server
ii zenity 2.28.0-1 Display graphical dialog boxes fro
Versions of packages gdm suggests:
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.28.2-1 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii locales 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: National Language (
ii pm-utils 1.2.6.1-3 utilities and scripts for power ma
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
--- 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
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