This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell - 3.8.3-1ubuntu4 --------------- gnome-shell (3.8.3-1ubuntu4) saucy; urgency=low
* Depend on libgdm instead of gdm and suggest gdm. This avoids needing to choose between lightdm and gdm when installing gnome-shell (LP: #1162849) -- Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:00:17 -0400 ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1162849 Title: Split GDM packages Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gnome-shell” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: The problem is that when someone using Ubuntu with Unity installs gnome-shell, they are prompted to choose a display manager but there isn't enough information about which one to choose. Original bug report ------------------- gnome-shell depends on gdm; however, it is possible to use gnome-shell with another session manager (esp. lightdm which is the default on ubuntu). So this dependency seems too strong. It should either * be changed to a recommend * be a dependency on gdm | lightdm (possibly adding other session managers?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1162849/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp