Bug#290279: gdm: failsafe terminal starts xterm, not x-terminal-emulator

[M. Dietrich]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.6-1
Severity: normal


shouldn't gdm start the failsafe terminal session via
x-terminal-emulator? xterm isn't always installed, especially for
people that like rxvt better ;-)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser              3.59                Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf              1.4.41              Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                 1.10.26             Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  evilwm [x-window-man 0.99.17-1           a minimalist window manager for X1
ii  gksu                 1.2.2-1             graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session        2.8.1-5             The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2         2.3.16-6            Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0          1.8.0-4             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1             2.4.18-1            Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudiofile0        0.2.6-5             Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0         2.8.0-4             Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0       2.8.0-2             The Bonobo UI library
ii  libbz2-1.0           1.0.2-3             high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                2.3.2.ds1-20        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcroco3            0.6.0-2             a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd 0.2.35-2            Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libgconf2-4          2.8.1-4             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11          1.2.0-11            LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0          1:2.4.1-1           Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.4.8-1             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0    0.4.1-1             GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0          2.8.0-6             The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0    2.8.0-1             A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0         2.8.0-3             The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0       2.8.3-8             The GNOME virtual file-system libr
pi  libgnutls11          1.0.16-13           GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0        1.0-1               library for common error values an
ii  libgsf-1             1.11.1-1            Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.4.14-2            The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-10     Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62            6b-9                The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liborbit2            1:2.10.2-1.1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules       0.76-22             Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime       0.76-22             Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g             0.76-22             Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0        1.6.0-3             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0             1.7-5               lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2           2.8.1-2             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1          1.18-3              SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-10     X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-2           0.2.10-4            Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libwrap0             7.6.dbs-6           Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-10     X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-10     X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2              2.6.11-5            GNOME XML library
ii  rxvt [x-terminal-emu 1:2.6.4-6.2         VT102 terminal emulator for the X 
ii  sawfish [x-window-ma 1:1.3+cvs20050105-1 a window manager for X11
ii  xbase-clients        4.3.0.dfsg.1-10     miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                4.3.0.dfsg.1-10     X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.2-4           compression library - runtime

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