gdmgreeter segfaults after upgrade from patchlevel 3 to 4

[H.-Dirk Schmitt]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.0-0ubuntu4
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

Manually install the old gdm packages (...-0ubuntu3) fix the problem.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers gutsy-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'gutsy-updates'), (500, 'gutsy-security'), (500, 'gutsy-proposed'), (500, 'gutsy-backports'), (500, 'gutsy'), (500, 'feisty-updates'), (500, 'feisty-security'), (500, 'feisty-proposed'), (500, 'feisty-backports'), (500, 'feisty'), (500, 'edgy-security')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.88591, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.88591 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.utf8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser             3.103ubuntu1         Add and remove users and groups
ii  alsa-utils          1.0.14-1ubuntu4      ALSA utilities
ii  console-tools       1:0.2.3dbs-65ubuntu5 Linux console and font utilities
ii  debconf [debconf-2. 1.5.14ubuntu1        Debian configuration management sy
ii  gksu                2.0.0-4ubuntu2       graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session       2.20.0-0ubuntu2      The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-terminal [x-t 2.18.2-0ubuntu1      The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii  icewm [x-window-man 1.2.30-1ubuntu1      wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
ii  icewm-experimental  1.2.30-1ubuntu1      wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
ii  kwin [x-window-mana 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1     the KDE window manager
ii  libart-2.0-2        2.3.19-3             Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0         1.20.0-0ubuntu1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1            1:2.4.32-1.1ubuntu1  Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6               2.6.1-1ubuntu9       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2           1.4.10-1ubuntu4      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3         1.1.1-3ubuntu4       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2    0.74-1               simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdmx1             1:1.0.2-2build1      X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1      2.4.2-1.2ubuntu4     generic font configuration library
ii  libglade2-0         1:2.6.2-1            library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.14.1-1ubuntu1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0   2.20.0-1ubuntu1      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.12.0-1ubuntu3      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules      0.99.7.1-5ubuntu1    Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime      0.99.7.1-5ubuntu1    Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g            0.99.7.1-5ubuntu1    Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0       1.18.2-0ubuntu1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2          2.18.2-1             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common     2.18.2-1             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1         2.0.15-2ubuntu1      SELinux shared libraries
ii  libwrap0            7.6.dbs-14           Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6            2:1.1.1-1ubuntu4     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6             1:1.0.3-2            X11 authorisation library
ii  libxcomposite1      1:0.4.0-0ubuntu1     X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1         1:1.1.8-2            X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1         1:1.1.1-3            X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxdmcp6           1:1.0.2-2            X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6            2:1.0.3-2build1      X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3          1:4.0.3-2            X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6              2:1.1.2-1            X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1        2:1.0.2-1build1      X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2             2.6.30.dfsg-2ubuntu1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2          2:1.2.1-1            X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1         1:0.9.2-1            X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  lsb-base            3.1-23.1ubuntu3      Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window- 1:2.20.0-0ubuntu3    A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  xbase-clients       1:7.2-5ubuntu13      X Window System client utility tra
ii  xterm [x-terminal-e 229-1                X terminal emulator

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                  1.1-20070604-1   Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes              0.5.1            Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring    2.20-0ubuntu4    GNOME keyring services PAM module
ii  ubuntu-artwork          38               Ubuntu themes and artwork
ii  ubuntu-sounds           0.6              Ubuntu's GNOME audio theme
ii  whiptail                0.52.2-10ubuntu2 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
pn  xserver-xephyr | xnest  <none>           (no description available)
ii  zenity                  2.20.0-0ubuntu1  Display graphical dialog boxes fro

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