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

- - <jagginess@yahoo.ca>, 317612@bugs.debian.org
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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