I backported the patch to the current lucid version (applies cleanly), and uploaded to lucid-proposed. This needs an ubuntu-sru member to review and approve now.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771661 Title: Allow .xsession-errors to be a symlink -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs