[u-a-dev] at-spi at gdmlogin - broken or disabled on purpose?

[Francesco Fumanti]

Hello,


I have been told by the gnome maintainer of gdm, that when the plain 
greeter (in other words gdmlogin) is used, at-spi (to be precise: 
/usr/lib/at-spi/at-spi-registryd) should be automatically started in 
the gdm session. (It should be started even if Assistive Technology 
is not enabled)


But it does not start automatically on my machine; it also does not 
start on another persons machine.


However, when I define a gesture, to start 
/usr/lib/at-spi/at-spi-registryd, it does start and afterwards I can 
use applications requiring at-spi during the login session.


So my question: Is this a bug specific to Ubuntu (at least in gutsy), 
or has it been changed on purpose in the Ubuntu distribution.

If the former is the case, I am going to file a bug against gdm in Ubuntu.


Thanks in advance.

Francesco