Bug#362925: gdm failed to launch /usr/X11R6/bin/X; moved to /usr/bin/X

[Nick Lewycky]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.13.0.10-2
Severity: normal

Hi. GDM wouldn't load this morning. From /var/log/gdm/:0.log, it's trying to
run /usr/X11R6/bin/X.

  GDM: Xserver not found: /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -dpi 96 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/
  :0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
  Error: Command could not be executed!
  Please install the X server or correct GDM configuration and restart GDM.

The path to my X server isn't specified in the config file. Running
strings over GDM suggests that it has a hardcoded default:

  daemon/StandardXServer=/usr/X11R6/bin/X

There's also a similar reference to Xnest being in /usr/X11R6/bin.
Please note that with the new X.org 7.0 in unstable, /usr/X11R6/bin/
should now be entirely empty and that the programs X and Xnest have
moved to /usr/bin. Source: http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg69To7

Thanks,
Nick Lewycky

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.6
Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser              3.85                Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0 1.4.72              Debian configuration management sy
ii  gksu                 1.3.7-1             graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session        2.14.0-2            The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-te 2.14.0-1            The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  konsole [x-terminal- 4:3.5.2-1           X terminal emulator for KDE
ii  libart-2.0-2         2.3.17-1            Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0          1.11.4-1            The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1             2.4.32-1            Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                2.3.6-7             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2            1.0.4-1+b1          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdmx1              1:1.0.1-2           X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1       2.3.2-5.1           generic font configuration library
ii  libglade2-0          1:2.5.1-2           library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.10.2-1            The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0    2.14.0-1            A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.8.17-1            The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules       0.79-3.1            Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime       0.79-3.1            Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g             0.79-3.1            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0        1.12.1-2            Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0             1.7-5               lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2           2.14.2-1            SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common      2.14.2-1            SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1          1.30-1              SELinux shared libraries
ii  libwrap0             7.6.dbs-9           Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6             2:1.0.0-6           X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6              1:1.0.0-2           X11 authorisation library
ii  libxcursor1          1.1.5.2-3           X cursor management library
ii  libxdmcp6            1:1.0.0-3           X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6             1:1.0.0-3           X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6               1:1.0.0-3           X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1         1:1.0.1-2           X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2              2.6.23.dfsg.2-3     GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2           2:1.1.0.2-3         X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1          1:0.9.0.2-3         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  lsb-base             3.1-3               Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-m 1:2.14.1-1          A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  sawfish [x-window-ma 1:1.3+cvs20050709-6 a window manager for X11
ii  twm [x-window-manage 1:1.0.1-3           Tab window manager
ii  xbase-clients        1:7.0.0-3           miscellaneous X clients
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-mana 4.2.3.2-2           window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xterm [x-terminal-em 210-3               X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.3-11          compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes                0.5            Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  zenity                    2.14.0-1       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

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