Bug#423705: "gdmflexiserver -n" dialogs with: Cannot start new display (...)

[Greg Folkert]

On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 13:19 +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2007, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> > There was a missing Build-Depends on the xnest server, leaving the
> > default gdm configuration with no xnest capabilities at all. This should
> > be fixed in gdm  2.18.1-3.
> 
>  Yes; except it's now build-deping on xephyr and it will run xephyr.  We
>  would need a wrapper around the xnest/xephyr programs to select the
>  best available one, but we don't have that currently.

I noticed that xephyr was available. I installed xserver-xephyr to make
sure it wasn't an "xnest vs xephyr" issue. So, now I am guessing xnest
will be deprecated, which is fine, as xephyr is the "new whizbang"
thinger.

So, will it work with xnest at all? If not, I'd have to believe that
this should be clearly documented and and made to have a "conflicts
with" on xephyr to make sure something doesn't break.

Cheers to the hard work you all put in the GNOME DE, including you
Josselin. I appreciate it truly.
-- 
greg, greg at gregfolkert.net
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