309161 – >=gnome-base/gdm-2.23.90 needs gnome-session

Bug 309161 - >=gnome-base/gdm-2.23.90 needs gnome-session

Summary: >=gnome-base/gdm-2.23.90 needs gnome-session

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] GNOME (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team

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Reported:	2010-03-12 18:20 UTC by Benedikt Reinartz
Modified:	2010-03-14 21:57 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Benedikt Reinartz 2010-03-12 18:20:36 UTC

When starting gdm without having gnome-session installed the screen just stays black with a mouse cursor at the center. "emerge gnome-session" fixes this and the logs also say that gdm tries to launch /usr/bin/gnome-session.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge '>gdm-2.20' && emerge -C gnome-session
2. /etc/init.d/xdm restart

Actual Results:  
Screen is black with no chooser or greeter available.

Expected Results:  
The greeter should show up.

Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2010-03-13 10:06:59 UTC

I think that this was introduced on 2.23.90:
===============
Version 2.23.90
===============

 * A few multi-monitor fixes for the greeter
 * Don't load local users at all if user list is disabled
 * Switch to using gnome-session 2.23.6+ for simple-greeter session manager
...

Also, I have seen that gdm.spec from fedora already includes it as a dep :-/

Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-03-14 21:57:53 UTC

+  14 Mar 2010; Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org> gdm-2.26.1.ebuild,
+  -gdm-2.28.2.ebuild, gdm-2.28.2-r1.ebuild:
+  Add gnome-base/gnome-session to RDEPEND, bug #309161.

Thanks for reporting.