Bug#233884: marked as done (upgrade to x4.3 breaks gdm session chooser default)

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Subject: upgrade to x4.3 breaks gdm session chooser default
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Package: gdm
Version: 2.4.1.7-1
Severity: normal

after upgrade to x4.3 in sid, the default session is always gnome. 
choosing another works, but is not remembered, and it is always reset to 
gnome as the default.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3.6.3
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                     3.51         Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                     1.4.11       Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                        1.10.18      Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-1     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.4.1-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0               0.2.3-4      The Audiofile Library
ii  libbonobo2-0                2.4.3-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0              2.4.3-1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libbz2-1.0                  1.0.2-1      A high-quality block-sorting file 
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd0                     0.2.29-1     Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.4.0.1-3    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt1                  1.1.12-4     LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                 2.0.1-6      Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.2.3-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                 2.4.0-4      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0           2.4.0-1      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0                2.4.0.1-6    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0              2.4.1-4.1    The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnomevfs2-common         2.4.1-4.1    The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls7                  0.8.12-5     GNU TLS library - runtime library
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  libjpeg62                   6b-9         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.8.3-2    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules              0.76-15      Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime              0.76-15      Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                    0.76-15      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                  2.4.0-3      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libtasn1-0                  0.1.2-1      Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libwrap0                    7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libxml2                     2.6.6-1      GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-2      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-4    compression library - runtime

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


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        Hi,


 This is a followup for Debian bug <http://bugs.debian.org/200647>.

On Wed, Jul 09, 2003, Daniel Ruoso wrote:
> Everyday I have to click "Session"/"Debian" because gdm is not saving a
> session
> as the default session. If I don't do it, it starts with the "Gnome"
> session, which
> does not load all my personal configurations (in .xsession).

 This bug is now worked around in newer version: a popup will warn of
 inapropriate permissions.

   Regards,


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