Bug#613824: Can not choose session anymore

Juhapekka Tolvanen juhtolv at iki.fi
Thu Feb 17 14:29:09 UTC 2011


Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.5-7
Severity: important

Once again I tried to switch from GDM 2 to GDM 3. This time the
problem is this: I just can not find a way to choose different session
during login. And I can not find any mention about it from documents.
Is it possibe to enable some kind of session chooser.

I use LXDE most of the time, but sometimes I try out other sessions,
for example Gnome and KDE.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'squeeze-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (102, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.112+nmu2        add and remove users and groups
ii  aewm [x-window-manager 1.3.12-2          a minimalist window manager for X1
ii  aewm++ [x-window-manag 1.1.2-5           minimal window manager written in 
ii  awesome [x-window-mana 3.4.9-1           highly configurable, next generati
ii  blackbox [x-window-man 0.70.1-2.2        Window manager for X
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.38            Debian configuration management sy
ii  fvwm [x-window-manager 1:2.5.30.ds-1     F(?) Virtual Window Manager
ii  gconf2                 2.28.1-6          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-session [x-sessi 2.30.2-3          The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-session-bin      2.30.2-3          The GNOME Session Manager - Minima
ii  gnome-terminal [x-term 2.30.2-1          The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  kde-window-manager [x- 4:4.4.5-8         the K window manager (KWin)
ii  konsole [x-terminal-em 4:4.4.5-2         X terminal emulator
ii  lesstif-bin [x-window- 1:0.95.2-1        user binaries for LessTif
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.21-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.30.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1               1:2.4.44-2        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudit0              1.7.13-1+b2       Dynamic library for security audit
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.24.3-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.24.3-1          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-11         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2              1.10.2-2          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0       0.24-1            Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0           0.24-1            a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.4.1-2           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.88-2.1          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.8.0-2.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.4.2-2.1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4            2.28.1-6          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.28.0-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0            2.30.0-1          The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.30.1-1          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.20.1-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2              1:2.14.18-0.1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules         1.1.2-2           Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime         1.1.2-2           Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g               1.1.2-2           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpanel-applet2-0     2.30.2-3          library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.28.3-1+squeeze1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.99-3            PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libpolkit-gtk-1-0      0.99-2            PolicyKit GTK+ API
ii  libpopt0               1.16-1            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-common        2.26.3-1          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1            2.0.96-1          SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libupower-glib1        0.9.8-2           abstraction for power management -
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-19          Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6               2:1.4.1-4         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.6-1         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.1.0-1         X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxklavier16          5.0-2             X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                2.7.8.dfsg-2      GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-27            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  lxsession [x-session-m 0.4.4-3           a lightweight X11 session manager
ii  lxterminal [x-terminal 0.1.8-2           desktop independent vte-based term
ii  metacity [x-window-man 1:2.30.1-3        lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  mlterm [x-terminal-emu 3.0.1-3           MultiLingual TERMinal
ii  mutter [x-window-manag 2.29.0-3          lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  openbox [x-window-mana 3.4.11.1-1        standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  policykit-1-gnome      0.99-2            GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  pterm [x-terminal-emul 0.60+2010-12-08-1 PuTTY terminal emulator
ii  rxvt-unicode-256color  9.09-5            multi-lingual terminal emulator wi
ii  upower                 0.9.8-2           abstraction for power management
ii  vala-terminal [x-termi 1.2-1             Terminal emulator for mobile devic
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emul 268-1             X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi                        1.30.1-3   Assistive Technology Service Provi
ii  desktop-base                  6.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.30.3-2   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-power-manager           2.32.0-2   power management tool for the GNOM
ii  gnome-settings-daemon         2.30.2-2   daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  x11-xkb-utils                 7.6+2      X11 XKB utilities
ii  xserver-xephyr                2:1.9.4-1  nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg                  1:7.6+3    the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                        2.30.0-1   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
ii  gnome-mag                     1:0.16.1-2 a screen magnifier for the GNOME d
pn  gnome-orca                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  gok                           <none>     (no description available)
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.30.3-5   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  metacity                      1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager

-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3

-- debsums errors found:
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/de/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/el/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/es/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/fr/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/it/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/ko/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/oc/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/ru/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/uk/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/zh_CN/gdm.xml (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/be at latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ca at valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/sr at latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/uz at cyrillic/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-de.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-el.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-es.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-fr.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-it.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-ko.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-oc.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-ru.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-uk.omf (from gdm3 package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/omf/gdm/gdm-zh_CN.omf (from gdm3 package)

-- 
Juhapekka "naula" Tolvanen * http colon slash slash iki dot fi slash juhtolv
"Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur."





More information about the pkg-gnome-maintainers mailing list