Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.30.2-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
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If an alternative window manager such as sawfish is selected, and the link
/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager is set accordingly to point to the
alternative
window manager, the gnome session nevertheless runs metacity, regardless
of where
the link points to.
The problem seems to be in /usr/bin/gnome-wm, which reads:
if [ -z "$WINDOW_MANAGER" ] ; then
# Create a list of window manager we can handle, trying to only use the
# compositing ones when it makes sense
KNOWN_WM="metacity mutter sawfish"
for wm in $KNOWN_WM; do
if [ -x /usr/bin/"$wm" ]; then
WINDOW_MANAGER=/usr/bin/"$wm"
break
fi
done
fi
# Look for the default window manager on the system
if [ -z "$WINDOW_MANAGER" ] ; then
WINDOW_MANAGER=$(readlink /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager 2>/dev/null)
fi
Basically, it first checks for all available window managers, picks the
first, and *only
if none* of these window managers exist, the link is evaluated. This
leaves the user
with whatever window manager is installed and found first in the list,
but not with whatever
window manager is prefered and selected in the alternatives.
A better solution is to *first* check the link, check whether it is
valid, and only
if it is not to select a default manager. That is, the order of the
checks should be
exchanged.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers oldstable
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.11 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.iso-8859-1, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii gnome-panel 2.30.2-2 launcher and docking
facility for
ii gnome-session-bin 2.30.2-3 The GNOME Session Manager -
Minima
ii gnome-session-common 2.30.2-3 Common files for the GNOME
session
ii gnome-settings-daemon 2.30.2-2 daemon handling the GNOME
session
di metacity 1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii nautilus 2.30.1-2 file manager and graphical
shell f
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.96-3 GNOME authentication agent
for Pol
ii sawfish 1:1.3.5.2-2 a window manager for X11
Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii gnome-power-manager 2.32.0-2 power management tool for
the GNOM
Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii desktop-base 6.0.5 common files for the Debian
Deskto
ii gnome-keyring 2.30.3-5 GNOME keyring services
(daemon and
ii gnome-user-guide 2.30.1-1 GNOME user's guide
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
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