Bug#241184: gdm: Same problem Hi,

[Ian Chilton]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.4.4.7-1
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #241184

I have the same problem - I can't get it to start xfce4.

There is some relevent info in the changelog:

  * gdm no longer reads the Sessions directory to populate the menu
    (closes: #218786)

  * With the new Xsession.in that uses the Xsession.d dir to start up,
    and the /etc/dm/Sessions dir supported by kdm and gdm for programs
    to indicate they should be on the session list, all that's needed
    is those programs to supply desktop files for /etc/dm/Sessions
    (closes: #84396)


But i'm not sure what a desktop file is or how you create one for xfce4.


Thanks

--ian



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.24
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser             3.52                 Add and remove users and groups
ii  aterm [x-terminal-e 0.4.2-10             Afterstep XVT - a VT102 emulator f
ii  blackbox [x-window- 0.65.0-1.2           Window manager for X
ii  debconf             1.4.20               Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                1.10.20              Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  enlightenment [x-wi 1:0.16.6-1           The Enlightenment Window Manager
ii  eterm [x-terminal-e 0.9.2-5              Enlightened Terminal Emulator
ii  fluxbox [x-window-m 0.9.4+cvs20030812    Highly configurable and low resour
ii  gnome-session       2.4.2-2              The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-t 2.4.2-7              The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  icewm [x-window-man 1.2.13+CVS20040321-1 A wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like 
ii  konsole [x-terminal 4:3.2.1-1            KDE X terminal emulator
ii  libart-2.0-2        2.3.16-3             Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0         1.4.1-1              The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0        2.4.3-1              Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0      2.4.3-2              The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6               2.3.2.ds1-11         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4         2.4.0.1-4            GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0         2.0.1-11             Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.2.3-1              The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0         2.4.0-9              The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0   2.4.0-3              A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0        2.4.0.1-10           The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0      2.4.1-5              The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnomevfs2-common 2.4.1-5              The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgsf-1            1.8.2-6              Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.2.4-3              The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6             4.3.0-7              Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2           1:2.8.3-2            libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules      0.76-16              Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime      0.76-16              Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g            0.76-16              Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0       1.2.5-2.1            Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0            1.7-4                lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2          2.5.0-2              SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libsm6              4.3.0-7              X Window System Session Management
ii  libwrap0            7.6-ipv6.1-3         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6            4.3.0-7              X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6            4.3.0-7              X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2             2.6.7-1              GNOME XML library
ii  metacity [x-window- 1:2.6.5-1            A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  openbox [x-window-m 3.1-3                Standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  powershell [x-termi 0.9-7                powerful terminal emulator for GNO
ii  rxvt [x-terminal-em 1:2.6.4-6            VT102 terminal emulator for the X 
ii  sawfish [x-window-m 1:1.3+cvs20031104-4  A window manager for X11
ii  twm [x-window-manag 4.3.0-7              Tab window manager
ii  waimea [x-window-ma 0.4.0-3              A highly customizable window manag
ii  xfce [x-window-mana 3.8.18-2             The Cholesterol Free Desktop Envir
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-man 4.0.3.1-2            window manager of the XFce project
ii  xlibs               4.3.0-7              X Window System client libraries m
ii  xterm [x-terminal-e 4.3.0-7              X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.1-5            compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm