Bug#603510: gdm3: reload initscript action doesn't properly reload configuration

[Josselin Mouette]

Le samedi 13 novembre 2010 à 22:29 +0100, Kjö Hansi Glaz a écrit : 
> 1) install gdm
> 2) attempt to connect a new user (from system -> close session):
>    everything works fine
> 3) edit /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults and add a mistake, e.g.
> 
>    /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme              ClearlooksX
> 
> 4) call invoke-rc.d gdm3 reload
> 5) attempt to connect a new user (from system -> close session): no
>    options from /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults are applied

Starting from 5) I can’t reproduce your bug. Only the faulty setting is
not applied.

> 6) correct your /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults, e.g.
> 
>    /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme              Clearlooks
> 7) call invoke-rc.d gdm3 reload
> 8) attempt to connect a new user (from system -> close session): no
>    options from /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults are applied

Same here, the defaults are applied after fixing the file.

Knowing how the defaults are applied, I’m very skeptical about this.
Please send the /var/lib/gdm3/.gconf.mandatory/%gconf-tree.xml file when
you can see the “no options are applied” behavior.

> When the configuration is fixed, running dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 make it
> understand the options from /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults again

There shouldn’t be anything different than with invoke-rc.d.

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