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FS#3268 - gdm-2.8.0.4-3 is an incomplete package

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mike Dill (Theoden) - Sunday, 02 October 2005, 16:56 GMT
Last edited by Dale Blount (dale) - Monday, 03 October 2005, 02:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture not specified
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

gdm-2.8.0.4-3 is an incomplete package. When I did the upgrade to gnome-2.12.0, gdm was upgraded from gdm-2.6.0.9-2 to gdm-2.8.0.4-3. Following a successful upgrade - I rebooted. X would not start - and no gdm.

I manually issed the 'gdm' command and got the following error message: bash: gdm: command not found. A search of /opt/gnome/bin for gdm* revealed that 4 files were missing - including the gdm-binary and gdm itself!

I then downgraded gdm to gdm-2.6.0.9-2 and rebooted. Gdm ran fine - X and gnome started normally. SO - gdm-2.8.0.4-3 is an incomplete package and breaks the X startup in the new gnome upgrade.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 10 October 2005, 16:49 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Additional comments about closing:  Works fine for me. Seems you didn't get the /etc/rc.d/gdm script updated.
Comment by Benjamin Andresen (klapmuetz) - Sunday, 02 October 2005, 16:59 GMT
gdm, gdm-binary (and more) are in /opt/gnome/sbin

HTH, Benjamin
Comment by Mike Dill (Theoden) - Sunday, 02 October 2005, 17:10 GMT
Well - if some of the gdm binaries are moved to /opt/gnome/sbin, then clearly the system is not them there. So we still have a problem here.
Comment by Mike Dill (Theoden) - Sunday, 02 October 2005, 17:25 GMT
I created some links in /opt/gnome/bin for the gdm stuff in /opt/gnome/sbin to test and now gdm works properly.
Comment by Robert MacCloy (zenned) - Monday, 03 October 2005, 10:23 GMT
This got me too, but it isn't really a bug-- the move was announced in one of the ANNOUNCEs for the gdm 2.8.0.x series. ../sbin is _probably_ a better place to keep a login manager.

Try using /etc/rc.d/gdm start or having /etc/profile.d/gnome.sh export /opt/gnome/sbin to $PATH.

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