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gdm package

gdm depends on alsa-utils (Why?)

Bug #293075 reported by Daniel Letzeisen
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gdm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

I would like to remove alsa-utils (I use OSS4.1 and don't want anything ALSA/Pulse on my system).
I guess I can use xdm if need be, but I was wondering why gdm depends on alsa-utils in the first place.

Thanks.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/gdm
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

thank you for your bug report, the gdmplay command is using aplay, the depends could be changed to a recommends though

Changed in gdm:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gdm:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gdm - 2.20.8-0ubuntu6

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gdm (2.20.8-0ubuntu6) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in:
    - don't depends on xbase-clients the depends workarounded an old xorg issue
    - don't recommends ubuntu-sounds since it is installed by default on ubuntu
      use a suggests and let other distribution install it or not (lp: #260558)
    - recommends alsa-utils rather than depends on it, only gdmplay it using it
      which is not something required to use the login screen (lp: #293075)
  * debian/gdm.init:
    - use w argument to match only the "text" word (lp: #294980)
  * debian/gdmplay:
    - update to fix quoting issue, Antonio Salazar suggested the change
      (lp: #281518)
  * debian/patches/11_powermanagement.patch:
    - "Don't offer hibernate option if no swap partitions exist.
       LP: #320208", thanks to Michael Terry who worked on the change

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:53:48 +0100

Changed in gdm:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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