Bug#555618: gdm fails to start and I get message Server Authorization directory is set to /var/lib/gdm but this does not exist. Please correct gdm configuration.

[john lewis]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.10-1
Severity: normal

removing and re-installing gdm has failed to resolve the problem. xdm works OK 


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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser              3.111               add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0 1.5.28              Debian configuration management sy
ii  gksu                 2.0.2-2+b1          graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session [x-ses 2.26.2-1            The GNOME Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-te 2.28.1-1            The GNOME terminal emulator applic
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                2.10.1-5            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     0.82-2              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         2.3.11-1            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         2.22.2-2            The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0    2.26.0-1            A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.18.3-1            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          2.0.87-3            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              2.7.6.dfsg-1        GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base             3.2-23              Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  lxsession [x-session 0.3.8+svn20090521-1 a lightweight X11 session manager
ii  lxterminal [x-termin 0.1.6-1             desktop independent vte-based term
ii  metacity [x-window-m 1:2.28.0-1          lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  openbox [x-window-ma 3.4.7.2-5           standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  twm [x-window-manage 1:1.0.4-2           Tab window manager
ii  xfwm4 [x-window-mana 4.6.1-1             window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xterm [x-terminal-em 250-1               X terminal emulator

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
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  xnest                        2:1.6.5-1   Nested X server
ii  xserver-xephyr               2:1.6.5-1   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          2.28.1-1   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  locales                       2.10.1-5   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: xdm