Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29389
Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
newcomputer:~$ ls /home/gdm /var/lib/gdm
ls: /home/gdm: No such file or directory
ls: /var/lib/gdm: No such file or directory
newcomputer:~$ sudo apt-get install gdm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gdm
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1632kB of archives.
After unpacking 11.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package gdm.
(Reading database ... 61153 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gdm (from .../gdm_2.13.0.5-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up gdm (2.13.0.5-0ubuntu2) ...
grep: /etc/X11/default-display-manager: No such file or directory
Adding group `gdm' (111)...
Done.
adduser: Warning: The home dir you specified already exists.
Adding system user `gdm'...
Adding new user `gdm' (104) with group `gdm'.
The home directory `/var/lib/gdm' already exists. Not copying from `/etc/skel'
adduser: Warning: that home directory does not belong to the user you are
currently creating
* Reloading GNOME Display Manager configuration...
* Changes will take effect when all current X sessions have ended.
invoke-rc.d: initscript gdm, action "reload" failed.
newcomputer:~$
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