Bug#452344: incorrect DEBCONF_DAEMON path in /etc/init.d/gdm

Bernard Gray bernard.gray at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 01:35:10 UTC 2007


Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch

Symptoms: GDM fails to start at boot, with error "Not starting GNOME
Display Manager; It is not the default display manager"

Cause: the path for the DEBCONF_DAEMON in /etc/init.d/gdm is
incorrect. Patch follows

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--- /etc/init.d/gdm     2007-11-22 01:32:18.115213448 +0000
+++ ./gdm.fixed 2007-11-22 01:31:53.466247114 +0000
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set -e

 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 DAEMON=/usr/sbin/gdm
-DEBCONF_DAEMON=/usr/bin/gdm
+DEBCONF_DAEMON=/usr/sbin/gdm

 test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

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