Bug 154261 – gdm-2.16.1 menu entry for gdmsetup doesn't work

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ian Abbott 2006-11-06 09:34:26 UTC]

When logged into a GNOME 2.16 desktop as a normal user, the menu entry 'System -> Administration -> Login Window' doesn't work. It produces an error box:

  Could not launch menu item

  Failed to execute child process 
  "gdmsetup" (No such file or directory)

The /usr/share/applications/gdmsetup.desktop file contains these lines:

  TryExec=/usr/sbin/gdmsetup
  Exec=gdmsetup

Isn't it supposed to do something with gnomesu and dbus-launch these days?

[Comment 1 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2006-11-06 09:39:46 UTC]

Different problem.  For me, it says "You must be root".  Do you have /usr/sbin/gdmsetup?

[Comment 2 Ian Abbott 2006-11-07 02:13:51 UTC]

Yes, I have /usr/sbin/gdmsetup.  I'm guessing the error message comes from the 'Exec' line (without the full path), rather than the 'TryExec' line (with the full path), as I do not have /usr/sbin in my $PATH.

[Comment 3 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) 2006-11-07 09:14:59 UTC]

Try 2.16.2.  It uses gksu to run it, which should have /usr/sbin in it's path.

[Comment 4 Ian Abbott 2006-11-08 05:55:53 UTC]

Thanks, Daniel.

For gdm-2.16.1, just changing the line

  Exec=gdmsetup

to

  Exec=gksu gdmsetup

in /usr/share/applications/gdmsetup.desktop worked fine (which is basically what the patch added to the gdm-2.16.2 ebuild does).

I have just tried gdm-2.16.2 and that works fine too.

[Comment 5 Le retraité 2006-12-16 17:32:37 UTC]

can someone set this bug as fixed ?

[Comment 6 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2006-12-17 11:35:41 UTC]

Closing fixes as per comment #5