gdm starts only failsafe session

[Jack Wasey]

that should be 777

Stephane Dudzinski wrote:
> Package: gdm
> Version: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> We have a few stations running Ubuntu Dapper. Most of them were installed during 
> beta stages. Since we upgraded them to final, GDM is not behaving properly, and 
> only allowing Failsafe session weither we try to select Gnome, KDE or XFCE as a 
> Window Manager.
> 
> This seems to be related to GDM since KDM has no problem starting any of the 
> desktop environments we have.
> 
> Regards,
> Steph
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>   APT prefers dapper-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'dapper-updates'), (500, 'dapper')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-23-386
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> 
> Versions of packages gdm depends on:
> ii  adduser      3.80ubuntu2                 Add and remove users and groups
> ii  alsa-utils   1.0.10-1ubuntu14            ALSA utilities
> ii  debconf      1.4.72ubuntu9               Debian configuration management sy
> ii  dpkg         1.13.11ubuntu6              package maintenance system for Deb
> ii  fluxbox [x-w 0.9.14-2                    Highly configurable and low resour
> ii  gksu         1.3.7-0ubuntu9              graphical frontend to su
> ii  gnome-sessio 2.14.1-0ubuntu11            The GNOME 2 Session Manager
> ii  gnome-termin 2.14.1-0ubuntu1             The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
> ii  libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1                    Library of functions for 2D graphi
> ii  libatk1.0-0  1.11.4-0ubuntu1             The ATK accessibility toolkit
> ii  libattr1     2.4.25-1                    Extended attribute shared library
> ii  libbz2-1.0   1.0.3-0ubuntu2              high-quality block-sorting file co
> ii  libc6        2.3.6-0ubuntu20             GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
> ii  libcairo2    1.0.4-0ubuntu1              The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
> ii  libcroco3    0.6.1-1build1               a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
> ii  libdmx1      1:1.0.1-0ubuntu3            X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
> ii  libfontconfi 2.3.2-1.1ubuntu12           generic font configuration library
> ii  libfreetype6 2.1.10-1ubuntu2             FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
> ii  libglade2-0  1:2.5.1-2ubuntu2            library to load .glade files at ru
> ii  libglib2.0-0 2.10.2-1ubuntu3             The GLib library of C routines
> ii  libgnomecanv 2.14.0-0ubuntu1             A powerful object-oriented display
> ii  libgsf-1-113 1.13.99-0ubuntu2            Structured File Library - runtime 
> ii  libgtk2.0-0  2.8.17-1ubuntu5             The GTK+ graphical user interface 
> ii  libpam-modul 0.79-3ubuntu14              Pluggable Authentication Modules f
> ii  libpam-runti 0.79-3ubuntu14              Runtime support for the PAM librar
> ii  libpam0g     0.79-3ubuntu14              Pluggable Authentication Modules l
> ii  libpango1.0- 1.12.2-0ubuntu3             Layout and rendering of internatio
> ii  libpng12-0   1.2.8rel-5                  PNG library - runtime
> ii  libpopt0     1.7-5                       lib for parsing cmdline parameters
> ii  librsvg2-2   2.14.4-0ubuntu1             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
> ii  librsvg2-com 2.14.4-0ubuntu1             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
> ii  libselinux1  1.28-2ubuntu2               SELinux shared libraries
> ii  libwrap0     7.6.dbs-8ubuntu1            Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
> ii  libx11-6     2:1.0.0-0ubuntu9            X11 client-side library
> ii  libxau6      1:1.0.0-0ubuntu4            X11 authorisation library
> ii  libxcursor1  1.1.5.2-0ubuntu4            X cursor management library
> ii  libxdmcp6    1:1.0.0-0ubuntu2            X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
> ii  libxext6     2:1.0.0-0ubuntu4            X11 miscellaneous extension librar
> ii  libxfixes3   1:3.0.1.2-0ubuntu3          X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
> ii  libxi6       2:1.0.0-0ubuntu3            X11 Input extension library
> ii  libxinerama1 2:1.0.1-0ubuntu2            X11 Xinerama extension library
> ii  libxml2      2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1        GNOME XML library
> ii  libxrandr2   1:1.1.0.2-0ubuntu4          X11 RandR extension library
> ii  libxrender1  1:0.9.0.2-0ubuntu2          X Rendering Extension client libra
> ii  lsb-base     3.1-5ubuntu2                Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
> ii  metacity [x- 1:2.14.3-0ubuntu2           A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
> ii  ubuntu-sound 0.3                         Ubuntu's GNOME audio theme
> ii  xfwm4 [x-win 4.3.90.1svn+r21712-0ubuntu1 window manager of the Xfce project
> ii  xrdb         1:1.0.1-0ubuntu2            X resource modification
> ii  xterm [x-ter 208-3.1ubuntu3              X terminal emulator
> ii  zlib1g       1:1.2.3-6ubuntu4            compression library - runtime
> 
> Versions of packages gdm recommends:
> ii  ubuntu-artwork          28               Ubuntu themes and artwork
> ii  whiptail                0.51.6-31ubuntu1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
> ii  zenity                  2.14.1-0ubuntu2  Display graphical dialog boxes fro
> 
> -- debconf information:
>   gdm/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm
> * shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
>