Bug#317612: gdm: X uses /root/bak_XF86/XF86Config-4_0 -- seriously..

Sun Jul 10 06:29:08 UTC 2005

Package: gdm                                          

Version: 2.6.0.8-1                                    

Severity: normal                                      

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If this is the incorrect mail address I apologize, if
it would have to be resend please, please tell me and
I'll try to send it again to the  more accurate
recipient. This is a real ugly bug that would
infuriate many newbies if they try, and possibly very
likely to do something like the following..

/etc/init.d/gdm without /etc/X11/XF86Config-4* or
/etc/X11/XF86Config
files may run (and without -xf86config)
/root/bak_XF86/XF86Config-4_0

wtf? No kidding..

so I had to move my XF86Config-4_0 and XF86Config-4_1
file to
/var/otherdir and solved the problem.

I marked this critical because there must be many
infuriated newbies not
knowing about lsof and their backup XF86Config-4*
files in /root being
used instead--

/root/XF86Config-4_* files may be used if
/etc/X11/XF86Config
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 exist-- but if these files of
/etc/X11 don't offer
a stable configuration..

filing bug for xserver-xfree86 as well.

wtf?! I was surprised too...hope this gets looked
into, many newbies may
be extremely infuriarted as wtf is going on..or if its
their system's
filesystem going corrupt blah blah..thanks for any
feedback..it would
greatly be appreciated..

goobit

-- System Information:                                

Debian Release: 3.1                                   

Architecture: i386 (i686)                             

Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.8                                

Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US
(charmap=ISO-8859-1)                                  

Versions of packages gdm depends on:                  

ii  adduser                  3.63            Add and
remove users and groups                               

ii  debconf                  1.4.30.13       Debian
configuration management sy                           

ii  dpkg                     1.10.28         Package
maintenance system for Deb                            

ii  gksu                     1.2.5-3         graphical
frontend to su                                        

ii  gnome-session            2.8.1-6         The GNOME
2 Session Manager                                     

ii  gnome-terminal [x-termin 2.8.2-2         The GNOME
2 terminal emulator appl                              

ii  ion [x-window-manager]   0.0.20020207-1  A
keyboard-friendly window manager                      

ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.17-1        Library
of functions for 2D graphi                            

ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK
accessibility toolkit                                 

ii  libattr1                 2.4.16-1        Extended
attribute shared library                              

ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.1-2         Bonobo
CORBA interfaces library                              

ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.1-2         The
Bonobo UI library                                     

ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-22    GNU C
Library: Shared libraries an                          

ii  libgconf2-4              2.8.1-6         GNOME
configuration database syste                          

ii  libglade2-0              1:2.4.2-2       library
to load .glade files at ru                            

ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.4-1         The GLib
library of C routines                                 

ii  libgnome2-0              2.8.1-2         The GNOME
2 library - runtime file                              

ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.8.0-1         A
powerful object-oriented display                      

ii  libgnomeui-0             2.8.1-3         The GNOME
2 libraries (User Interf                              

ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.8.4-4         The GNOME
virtual file-system libr                              

ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.6.4-3         The GTK+
graphical user interface                              

ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-14
Inter-Client Exchange library                         

ii  liborbit2                1:2.12.2-1      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            1.8.1-1         Layout
and rendering of internatio                           

ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for
parsing cmdline parameters                            

ii  librsvg2-2               2.8.1-3         SAX-based
renderer library for SVG                              

ii  libselinux1              1.22-1          SELinux
shared libraries                                      

ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window
System Session Management                             

ii  libwrap0                 7.6.dbs-8       Wietse
Venema's TCP wrappers libra                           

ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window
System protocol client li                             

ii  libxext6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window
System miscellaneous exte                             

ii  libxi6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window
System Input extension li                             

ii  libxml2                  2.6.16-7        GNOME XML
library                                               

ii  metacity [x-window-manag 1:2.8.8-1       A
lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma                      

ii  ratpoison [x-window-mana 1.3.0-7         Simple
window manager with no fat                            

ii  xbase-clients            4.3.0.dfsg.1-14
miscellaneous X clients                               

ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X
Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu                      

ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulat 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X
terminal emulator                                     

ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-4      
compression library - runtime                         

-- debconf information:                               

  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm                       

  shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm               

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