Bug#721388: gdm3 no longer starts the default session

[Michael Biebl]

Am 31.08.2013 02:09, schrieb Vincent Lefevre:
> Package: gdm3
> Version: 3.4.1-9
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable

I fail to see the justitification for this severity, can you elaborate?

> When I last logged in on 2013-08-27, evenrything was OK. But when
> I came back at my office on 2013-08-30, fvwm was no longer reading
> my config file. After some search, I could see that .xsession-errors
> contained:
> 
> /etc/gdm3/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
> /home/vlefevre/.Xresources:1:18: warning: missing terminating ' character [enabled by default]
>  ! Vincent Lef�vre's .Xresources

This looks like a bug in your users .Xressources script.

>                   
> localuser:vlefevre being added to access control list
> openConnection: connect: No such file or directory
> cannot connect to brltty at :0
> 
> On another machine, with very similar config, I get:
> 
> /etc/gdm3/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
> /home/vinc17/.Xresources:1:18: warning: missing terminating ' character [enabled by default]
>  ! Vincent Lef�vre's .Xresources
>                   ^
> localuser:vinc17 being added to access control list
> /home/vinc17/.xsession (.xinitrc) started
> [...]
> 
> The "/home/vinc17/.xsession (.xinitrc) started" line is output
> by my .xsession script. This means that on the first machine,
> this file is no longer executed.
> 
> Then I looked at the /var/log/syslog* files, and I could see a
> difference, e.g. before I left:
> 
> Aug 26 13:13:40 ypig gdm3][12024]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: start program: /etc/gdm3/Xsession "default"
> 
> Aug 27 12:01:33 ypig gdm3][24527]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: start program: /etc/gdm3/Xsession "default"
> 
> and when I came back:
> 
> Aug 30 17:07:39 ypig gdm3][22605]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: start program: /etc/gdm3/Xsession "fvwm2"
> 
> Aug 30 17:10:41 ypig gdm3][31341]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: start program: /etc/gdm3/Xsession "fvwm2"
> 
> Aug 30 17:11:11 ypig gdm3][32473]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: start program: /etc/gdm3/Xsession "fvwm2"
> 
> 4 config files under /etc/X11 were changed during package upgrades
> after my login on 2013-08-27:
> 
> -rw-r--r-- 1   20506 2013-08-27 12:07:33 /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook
> -rw-r--r-- 1   16459 2013-08-27 12:07:33 /etc/X11/icewm/programs
> -rw-r--r-- 1   14127 2013-08-27 12:07:33 /etc/X11/twm/menudefs.hook
> -rw-r--r-- 1   16810 2013-08-27 12:07:33 /etc/X11/twm/system.twmrc
> 
> and nothing under /etc/gdm3.
> 
> I can also see in the logs about fvwm:
> 
> Aug 30 15:00:56 ypig gdm-simple-slave[25279]: DEBUG(+): GreeterServer: SelectSession: Fvwm
> 
> Aug 30 17:07:39 ypig gdm3][22605]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: session name set to Fvwm
> 
> Aug 30 17:07:39 ypig gdm-simple-slave[25279]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionDirect: looking for session file 'Fvwm.desktop'
> 
> Aug 30 17:07:39 ypig gdm3][22605]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: set env: GDMSESSION = Fvwm
> 
> Aug 30 17:07:39 ypig gdm3][22605]: DEBUG(+): GdmSessionWorker: set env: DESKTOP_SESSION = Fvwm
> 
> They were not present before.
> 

I still fail to see the bug in gdm3 here.


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