Bug#325701: gnome-session: unable to launch gnome due to bad group/owner on .ICEauthority

[Olivier Schwander]

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.10.0-6
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hello,
gdm fails to launch gnome.
The logfile .xsession-errors follows:
    /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
        /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w
	    /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h
"" -l
":0" "olivier"
    /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
        /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w
	    /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h
"" -l
":0" "olivier"
     /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
     
          ** (gnome-session:7151): WARNING **: Unable to read ICE authority
file: /home/olivier/.ICEauthority

A solution is to change owner/group of the file .ICEauthority from root:root
to username:username.

I think it is a problem in the preinst script.
Thanks

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR at euro)

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  desktop-base              0.3.15         common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gconf2                    2.10.1-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.10.1-6     utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.10.1-2       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.10.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-5        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd0                   0.2.36-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4               2.10.1-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.8.0-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0               2.10.1-1       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.10.1-1       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.6.9-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.12.2-3     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.8.2-1        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxmu6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxrandr2                6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxt6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client libraries m

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus-1-utils         0.23.4-6            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gnome-panel          2.10.2-1            launcher and docking facility for 
ii  metacity             1:2.10.3-2          A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus             2.10.1-4            file manager and graphical shell f
ii  sawfish              1:1.3+cvs20050709-4 a window manager for X11

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