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gdm package

gdmsetup does not work, lacks custom.conf

Bug #84458 reported by Erdal Ronahi
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

Calling gdmsetup from a terminal or the GNOME control center results in this error message:

Could not access configuration file (custom.conf)
Make sure that the file exists before launching login manager config utility.

I don't think this is the same bug as the dbus-reladed bug, since the error message is different and "sudo dbus-launch gdmsetup" does not solve the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Date: Sun Feb 11 01:10:41 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux erdal-desktop 2.6.20-6-generic #2 SMP Wed Jan 31 20:53:39 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

See original description
Erdal Ronahi (erdalronahi)
description: updated
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. Do you have a /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom? Do you run gdmsetup with sudo?

Changed in gdm:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Erdal Ronahi (erdalronahi) wrote :

The problem was an old XGL configuration that had belonged to Egdy. I removed it from /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom, and now there is no problem anymore.

However, I found the error message quite confusing. Of course there is no file named "custom.conf", so the "Make sure that the file exists" looks quite logical. However I tried to touch the file, copied my gdm.conf-custom to "custom.conf" and tried a lot of other things before I looked into the configuration itself.

So the error message should be different. I saw in the forum that others have similar issues with older XGL configurations.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Could you attach that broken xgl config to the bug or describe how to make one that breaks gdm enough to get that dialog displayed?

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Erdal Ronahi (erdalronahi) wrote :

This was the gdm.conf-custom file. Removing the last two sections solved the problem.

[daemon]

[security]

[xdmcp]

[gui]

[greeter]

[chooser]

[debug]

[servers]# Override display 1 to use Xgl (DISPLAY 1 IMPORTANT FOR ATI FGLRX).
0=Xgl

[server-Xgl]
name=Xgl server
command=/usr/bin/Xgl :0 -fullscreen -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:fbo
flexible=true

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gdm:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Do you still get the bug?

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Erdal Ronahi (erdalronahi) wrote :

No, after removing the deprecated XGL configuration, it was ok.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

closing then, feel free to reopen if you get the bug again or have some steps to trigger it

Changed in gdm:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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