Hi, Pardon me if I'm misunderstanding, but it very much seems to me that the gdm/lightdm configuration scripts are unconditionally setting the default value of the debconf choice to gdm, irrespective of the previous value of the setting.
Is that normal behaviour ? In the transcript below I would have found more logical to see a GET just after the two METAGET's. Best, E. root@magret:/var/cache/debconf# debconf-set-selections <<EOF > gdm shared/default-x-display-manager select lightdm > lightdm shared/default-x-display-manager select lightdm > EOF root@magret:/var/cache/debconf# debconf-get-selections | grep display # Default display manager: gdm shared/default-x-display-manager select lightdm lightdm shared/default-x-display-manager select lightdm root@magret:/var/cache/debconf# DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive lightdm debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/lightdm.prerm upgrade 1.4.0-0ubuntu2 debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/lightdm.config reconfigure 1.4.0-0ubuntu2 debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/default-x-display-manager owners debconf (developer): --> 0 gdm, lightdm debconf (developer): <-- METAGET shared/default-x-display-manager choices debconf (developer): --> 0 gdm, lightdm debconf (developer): <-- SET shared/default-x-display-manager gdm debconf (developer): --> 0 value set debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high shared/default-x-display-manager debconf (developer): --> 30 question skipped debconf (developer): <-- GO debconf (developer): --> 0 ok debconf (developer): <-- GET shared/default-x-display-manager debconf (developer): --> 0 gdm debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/info/lightdm.postinst configure 1.4.0-0ubuntu2 debconf (developer): <-- STOP root@magret:/var/cache/debconf# debconf-get-selections | grep display # Default display manager: gdm shared/default-x-display-manager select gdm lightdm shared/default-x-display-manager select gdm root@magret:/var/cache/debconf# debconf-get-selections | grep priority # Ignore questions with a priority less than: debconf debconf/priority select critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1020770 Title: gdm install prompts about dm when debconf value set To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1020770/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
