Ubuntu
gdm package

gdm needs xnest package for "new login in window" feature

Bug #140530 reported by Alexander Jones
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

xnest does not seem to be a dependency, and running gdmflexiserver --xnest just fails as a result. This command is from the desktop entry for "New Login in a Window".

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 17 22:07:29 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
Package: gdm 2.19.8-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux flash 2.6.22-11-generic #1 SMP Mon Sep 17 03:45:58 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Tags: apport-bug
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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. That's because gdm can be used without it, there is a Recommends on "xserver-xephyr | xnest" which should be enough

Changed in gdm:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Note that Recommends will probably be installed by default next cycle

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote :

OK, it just seems weird to have a Desktop Entry for something which doesn't work unless another package is installed.

Perhaps we need a gdm-in-window package that provides this Desktop Entry along with a dependency on xserver-xephyr | xnest and gdm.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The entry has a NoDisplay=true and should not be listed if you don't change it with a menu editor

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote :

The problem is that when you do show it, it takes about 10 seconds then throws a generic error message about not being able to start an X server.

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