** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #684138 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684138
** Also affects: gdm via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684138 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050612 Title: gdm doesn't respect $PATH, hardcodes X location Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: Unknown Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Description of the problem: - LightDM as display manager: X from /usr/local/bin/X is used, just as it should, according to the $PATH env variable defined in /etc/environment. Everything works fine with LightDM. - GDM as display manager: X is always used from /usr/bin/X, and $PATH is ignored. It seems that the location of X is hardcoded somewhere. If I move /usr/bin/X to /usr/bin/X.bak and restart GDM, it fails to start and doesn't find X in /usr/local/bin. I am using ubuntu quantal, my packages are up-to-date and I compiled X from upstream git master on fd.org. --- ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gdm 3.5.91-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 Tags: third-party-packages quantal Uname: Linux 3.6.0-rc5 x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: sudo vboxusers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/1050612/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
