Bug#483433: gdm: dpkg-reconfigure reports that reload failed

[Chris Capoccia]

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      Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 00:40:32 +0200
      From: Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>
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   Subject: Re: Bug#483433: gdm: dpkg-reconfigure reports that reload failed
        To: Chris Capoccia <chriscapoccia at spamcop.net>, 483433 at bugs.debian.org


> Le mercredi 28 mai 2008 à 21:03 +0200, Chris Capoccia a écrit :
>> Package: gdm
>> Version: 2.20.6-1
>> Severity: important
>>
>> gdm does not start automatically, but it starts when i type gdm at the
>> prompt.
>
> Is gdm configured as your default display manager? If not, it will not
> start indeed.

i hope gdm is configured as my default display manager. it's the only  
display manager i have installed. but i'm not sure how to check for  
sure if the system knows that gdm is the default.

# more /etc/X11/default-display-manager
/usr/bin/gdm

is this good enough?

> What output do you get by typing “/etc/init.d/gdm start” ?

# /etc/init.d/gdm start
Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm#

but gdm is never actually started. also it may be interesting that it
does not properly give a new line after the statement about starting
gdm. the prompt is as i've shown it, immediately after "gdm" instead
of on the next line.

>> so, i thought i would try to reconfigure it:
>> # dpkg-reconfigure gdm
>> Scheduling reload of GNOME Display Manager configuration:
>> gdminvoke-rc.d: initscript gdm, action "reload" failed.
>
> If gdm is not running, this is expected and the error is ignored.

i tried this command both ways. i get the same output.

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