severity 219311 normal retitle 219311 xdm: mysteriously fails to start tag 219311 + unreproducible moreinfo thanks
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 03:29:13PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: xdm > Version: 4.2.1-13 > Severity: grave I cannot reproduce this problem with 4.2.1-13, so I am downgrading its severity and tagging it "unreproducible". > The "Confiles" section of the package description lists various files > in /etc/X11/xdm (and "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm" links to this directory): > > /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess df56c4c3eb66cbc9470c07da301acd7b > /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources 06d02faa0199503f98c9ebd9b7a81517 > /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers 6689c34e7b3f2e1f7af17a3350c1490c > /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession 7665beb7c953f2ad9df08f7f73b64fb7 > /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup 8e6bb9af52a4f6dced7b7a890aa34851 > /etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling 5aec82ec5555f912e050a02f84d8d572 Mine says: Package: xdm [...] Conffiles: /etc/X11/app-defaults/Chooser 301817610e89e7739ce1e121b3baf20c /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess 2bbf5b9f056c65a1754b75ba452e1ea1 /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources 0e0183a34449ba8acc07d80b0a5b1828 /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers 6689c34e7b3f2e1f7af17a3350c1490c /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession 7665beb7c953f2ad9df08f7f73b64fb7 /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup deaea0d02e5107fca3c4787532b891bb /etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling 5aec82ec5555f912e050a02f84d8d572 /etc/X11/xdm/pixmaps/XFree86.xpm 91cf8f46b31119b5d69270ae7bc5081d /etc/X11/xdm/pixmaps/XFree86bw.xpm c9ef591e6e78edd3d2352e55c0067160 /etc/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debian.xpm 8bd89d6976e41f6598ab61fda364505e /etc/X11/xdm/pixmaps/debianbw.xpm c90b32c82b91d0c8c69ba5a69594a21f /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config a542e61c838ee622b8aca1036e1f6233 /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options 7be084d51db91e48365a70e13daecee8 /etc/pam.d/xdm cd7c8cbb6b3720f4d16054f40f4ebc47 /etc/init.d/xdm e914796982b135c77cfae75c951380e3 /etc/logrotate.d/xdm 4c38b36684387eb57228ca71c1383e5c Description: X display manager [...] > The "xdm-config" file references the following scripts: > > DisplayManager*startup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xstartup > DisplayManager*resources: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources > DisplayManager*session: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession > DisplayManager*setup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup > DisplayManager*reset: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset Mine says: ! $Xorg: xdm-conf.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $ [...] ! $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/xdm-conf.cpp,v 1.10 2002/11/30 19:11:32 herrb Exp $ [...] ! Scripts to start the server, start the user session, and reset the server DisplayManager*setup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup DisplayManager*startup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xstartup DisplayManager*reset: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset DisplayManager*resources: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources DisplayManager*session: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession [...] ...and this does not appear to adversely affect its operation. > "Xsetup" and "Xreset" are referenced in the config file, but they no > longer exist on disk. This causes "xdm" to bomb out on startup. I suspect your xdm daemon is in fact exiting for another reason. Are there any error messages in /var/log/xdm.log? -- G. Branden Robinson | There is no housing shortage in Debian GNU/Linux | Lincoln today -- just a rumor that [EMAIL PROTECTED] | is put about by people who have http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | nowhere to live. -- G. L. Murfin
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