Bug#784671: gdm3 wouldn't start until caribou path changed

[jmullee]

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.14.1-7
Severity: grave
Tags: patch
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

Recently upgraded wheezy to testing (jessie)

gdm3 wouldn't start.
several log messages:
        May  4 18:24:25 tosh gnome-session[1371]: gnome-session[1371]: WARNING:
Could not parse desktop file caribou-autostart.desktop or it references a not
found TryExec binary

There are 2 files of this name:
        /etc/xdg/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop
        /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop

I changed gdm's caribou-autostart.desktop path to caribou to match xdg version

/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop
        Was: Exec=/usr/lib/gdm3/caribou
        Now: Exec=/usr/lib/caribou/caribou

Gdm starts ok now.

This may explain other people's gdm start problems



-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  accountsservice                          0.6.37-3+b1
ii  adduser                                  3.113+nmu3
ii  blackbox [x-window-manager]              0.70.1-27
ii  dconf-cli                                0.22.0-1
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend                  0.22.0-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                    1.5.56
ii  fluxbox [x-window-manager]               1.3.5-2
ii  flwm [x-window-manager]                  1.02+cvs20080422-11
ii  fvwm [x-window-manager]                  1:2.6.5.ds-4
ii  gir1.2-gdm3                              3.14.1-7
ii  gnome-session [x-session-manager]        3.14.0-3
ii  gnome-session-bin                        3.14.0-3
ii  gnome-session-flashback [x-session-mana  3.8.1-7
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                    3.14.2-3
ii  gnome-shell                              3.14.4-1
ii  gnome-terminal [x-terminal-emulator]     3.14.1-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                3.14.1-1
ii  icewm [x-window-manager]                 1.3.8+githubmod+20150412+960629d-1
ii  libaccountsservice0                      0.6.37-3+b1
ii  libaudit1                                1:2.4-1+b1
ii  libc6                                    2.19-18
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                       0.30-2.1
ii  libcanberra0                             0.30-2.1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                       2.31.1-2+b1
ii  libgdm1                                  3.14.1-7
ii  libglib2.0-0                             2.44.0-2
ii  libglib2.0-bin                           2.44.0-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                               3.14.5-1
ii  libpam-modules                           1.1.8-3.1
ii  libpam-runtime                           1.1.8-3.1
ii  libpam-systemd                           215-17
ii  libpam0g                                 1.1.8-3.1
ii  librsvg2-common                          2.40.5-1
ii  libselinux1                              2.3-2
ii  libsystemd0                              215-17
ii  libwrap0                                 7.6.q-25
ii  libx11-6                                 2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxau6                                  1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxdmcp6                                1:1.1.2-1
ii  libxrandr2                               2:1.4.2-1+b1
ii  lsb-base                                 4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  metacity [x-window-manager]              1:3.14.3-1
ii  mutter [x-window-manager]                3.14.4-2
ii  policykit-1                              0.105-8
ii  ratpoison [x-window-manager]             1.4.8-1
ii  sawfish [x-window-manager]               1:1.5.3-2.4
ii  ucf                                      3.0030
ii  wm2 [x-window-manager]                   4+svn20090216-3
ii  wmaker [x-window-manager]                0.95.5-2+b2
ii  x11-common                               1:7.7+7
ii  x11-xserver-utils                        7.7+3+b1
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]              318-2

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi2-core               2.14.0-1
ii  desktop-base               8.0.2
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.12.0-1
ii  x11-xkb-utils              7.7+1
ii  xserver-xephyr             2:1.16.4-1
ii  xserver-xorg               1:7.7+7
ii  zenity                     3.14.0-1

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-orca            3.14.0-4
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring  3.14.0-1+b1

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/daemon.conf changed:
[daemon]
[security]
[xdmcp]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]


-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3

-- debsums errors found:
debsums: changed file /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop (from gdm3 package)