Bug#240993: marked as done (gdm doesn't restart correctly upon
upgrade)
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:38:58 +0200
From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gdm doesn't restart correctly upon upgrade
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Package: gdm
Version: 2.4.4.7-1
Severity: important
Tags: sid patch
The gdm package in sid isn't restarted correctly upon upgrade and
requires manual intervention. Adding the following code to the postinst
should fix this:
# Soft restart of the display manager
fifofile=/var/lib/gdm/.gdminfo
pidfile=/var/run/gdm.pid
# NOTE: the binary on disk most likely has changed, so we can't use --exec
if start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --name gdm --signal 0 --pid "$pidfile"; then if [ -w "$fifofile" ]; then
(echo;echo SOFT_RESTART) >> "$fifofile"
fi
fi
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:50:18 -0800
From: Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
To: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>, 240993-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#240993: gdm doesn't restart correctly upon upgrade
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On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 10:38:58AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> The gdm package in sid isn't restarted correctly upon upgrade and=20
> requires manual intervention. Adding the following code to the postinst=
=20
> should fix this:
I suggest that you read archived bug reports for the many reasons why
automatically restarting a display manager is, in general, a bad idea.
Especially when the way to query what VT to start on is quite racey.
GDM gives an error message to the user that describes what to do, which is
better than taking out the users keyboard (and, from their point of view, t=
heir
way to login) at the end of an upgrade.
--=20
Ryan Murray, Debian Developer (rmurray@cyberhqz.com, rmurray@debian.org)
The opinions expressed here are my own.
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