Bug#290279: gdm: missing dependency on xterm

[Michael Below]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.9-1.1
Severity: normal


I've just installed a new computer with stable 5.03. I installed the "gnome"
package, which pulls in X etc. and also gdm. In that installation, xterm is
missing, and for that reason the failsafe terminal (offered as a GDM session) 
fails. This looks bad from a users perspective, even if it's just a small 
matter of exchanging "xterm" with "x-terminal-emulator" in some config file.

I have upgraded the system to testing now, and the problem is still there.

Thanks for your work!

Michael Below

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                3.111             add and remove users and groups
ii  blackbox [x-window-man 0.70.1-2.2        Window manager for X
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.27            Debian configuration management sy
ii  eterm [x-terminal-emul 0.9.5-2           Enlightened Terminal Emulator
ii  fvwm [x-window-manager 1:2.5.28.ds-1     F(?) Virtual Window Manager
ii  gksu                   2.0.2-2+b1        graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session [x-sessi 2.26.2-1          The GNOME Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-term 2.28.0-1          The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  konsole [x-terminal-em 4:4.3.1-1         X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii  ksmserver [x-session-m 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2 session manager for KDE
ii  kwin [x-window-manager 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2 the KDE window manager
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.20-2          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.28.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1               1:2.4.44-1        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                  2.9-25            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2              1.8.8-2           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.82-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdmx1                1:1.0.2-3         X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1         2.6.0-4           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.9-5           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.6.4-1         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.22.0-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.26.0-1          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.16.6-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules         1.1.0-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime         1.1.0-4           Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g               1.1.0-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.26.0-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2             2.26.0-1          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common        2.26.0-1          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1            2.0.85-4          SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-18          Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.2-1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.5-1         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.0.2-3         X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                 2:1.2.1-2         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                2.7.5.dfsg-1      GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-man 1:2.26.0-3        lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  oroborus [x-window-man 2.0.19            A lightweight themeable windowmana
ii  rxvt [x-terminal-emula 1:2.6.4-14        VT102 terminal emulator for the X 
ii  rxvt-unicode-lite [x-t 9.06-1            RXVT-like terminal emulator with b
ii  xfce4-session [x-sessi 4.6.1-1           Xfce4 Session Manager
ii  xfce4-terminal [x-term 0.4.0-1           Xfce terminal emulator
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-manage 4.6.1-1           window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emul 248-1             X terminal emulator

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes                0.6.2          Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail                  0.52.10-4.1    Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  xserver-xephyr            2:1.6.3.901-1  nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg              1:7.4+4        the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                    2.28.0-1       Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm suggests:
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.26.1-1   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  locales                       2.9-25     GNU C Library: National Language (
ii  pm-utils                      1.2.5-4    utilities and scripts for power ma

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