Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
This fields a bit like a papercut to me.
If a user decides to tidy up their /var/log directory, with e.g., a sudo
rm -rf /var/log/*, and removes the 'gdm' subdirectory then gdm will
refuse to start on next boot/restart.
The user will find this difficult to debug.
Ideally gdm should be capable of re-creating its own logging directory
on start, rather than just weakly reporting that /var/log/gdm doesn't
exist and failing to start.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 27 11:06:40 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.27.4-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.22-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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gdm fails to start if /var/log/gdm does not exist
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405227
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