FS#12475 - [gdm] New Login in a Window fails with "Cannot start new display"

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by bloodandsoil (bloodandsoil) - Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 20:37 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 14 August 2009, 19:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

Using the "New Login in a Window" menu item in GNOME, the following error box is displayed:

Cannot start new display
The nested X server is not available, or GDM is badly configured.
Please install the Xnest package in order to use the nested login.

Additional info:
gnome-desktop 2.24.2-1
xorg-server 1.5.3-3
gdm 2.20.8-2
"/usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf" has typo on line 195. See attached file.
Steps to reproduce:

1. Click Applications --> System Tools --> New Login in a Window
2. See the error "Cannot start new display".
   gdm-path.diff (0.6 KiB)
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Friday, 14 August 2009, 19:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Will be fixed in 2.20.2.
Comment by Matthias Dienstbier (fs4000) - Thursday, 19 February 2009, 10:46 GMT
I can confirm this.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Sunday, 31 May 2009, 05:11 GMT
The typo is still on gdm-2.20.10-1

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