Bug#339790: gdm: More on this...

Henrik Johansson henke at lillehenke.cjb.net
Fri Nov 18 22:55:40 UTC 2005


Package: gdm
Version: 2.8.0.6-1
Followup-For: Bug #339790


I have some more info on this.

I usually start 2 x-servers from gdm.conf like:

0=Standard
1=Standard

...and then use VT allocation to put them on VT 2 and 3:

FirstVT=2
VTAllocation=true

This stopped working in version 2.8.0.6-1. (Worked fine in the
previous version.)

When VTAllocation is used, gdm passes the desired VT-number to X on
the command line. In this case both X-servers are passed "vt3" and
both start there. (/var/log/Xorg.[01].log says which VT is being used
and why, command line or "probed". The command line can also be
checked with "ps -ef".) Changeing FirstVT to 7 made them both start on
VT 7 instead (and not 8 as expected).

VTAllocation=false works, but doesn't let me decide which VTs to use.


br,

Henrik Johansson

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-k7
Locale: LANG=sv_SE, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to sv_SE.ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                  3.78            Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.4.59          Debian configuration management sy
ii  fvwm [x-window-manager]  1:2.5.14-4      F(?) Virtual Window Manager, versi
ii  gksu                     1.3.6-1         graphical frontend to su
ii  gnome-session            2.10.0-8        The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.17-1        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.10.3-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                 2.4.25-1        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudiofile0            0.2.6-6         Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.10.1-1        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.10.1-1        The Bonobo UI library
ii  libbz2-1.0               1.0.2-10        high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                    2.3.5-8         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcroco3                0.6.0-2         a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii  libdmx1                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 Distributed Multihead X client lib
ii  libesd0                  0.2.36-1        Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4              2.10.1-6        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11              1.2.2-1         LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.5.1-2       library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.8.4-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0        0.4.5-1         GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0              2.10.1-1        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.10.2-2        A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.10.1-1        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.10.1-5        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11              1.0.16-14       GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0            1.1-4           library for common error values an
ii  libgsf-1-113             1.13.3-1        Structured File Library - runtime 
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.6.10-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                6b-10           The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liborbit2                1:2.12.4-1      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules           0.79-3          Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime           0.79-3          Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                 0.79-3          Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.8.2-3         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-2               2.9.5-6         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1              1.26-1          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-2               0.2.17-1        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libwrap0                 7.6.dbs-8       Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxau6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Authentication library
ii  libxdmcp6                6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Display Manager Control Protocol
ii  libxext6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxinerama1             6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxml2                  2.6.22-2        GNOME XML library
ii  metacity [x-window-manag 1:2.10.3-2      A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  xbase-clients            6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X Window System client libraries m
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulat 6.8.2.dfsg.1-10 X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.3-8       compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                    1.0-20051107-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes                0.4.1          Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail                  0.51.6-31      Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
pn  zenity                    <none>         (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm





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