Bug#648214: gnome-shell install removed gdm left me with no login screen

[Gergely Nagy]

"Brent S. Elmer" <webe3vt at aim.com> writes:

> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.0.2-5
> Severity: normal
>
> I installed the gnome3 packages that hit wheezy recently.  gdm was removed and
> I didn't notice during the install that gdm3 was not installed.  This left me
> with no gui login.  I was brought to a command line login after reboot.  I was
> able to log in as root and install gdm3 to fix the problem.  Some people might
> be at a loss if this happened to them.  Shouldn't there be a dependency on gdm3
> or some other X login?

gnome-core depends on gdm3, FYI.

You don't need gdm, or any such thing to use gnome-shell, you can start
it by other means. So I don't think it should depend on one.

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