Package: openbox Version: 3.4.7.2-2 Severity: minor
After installing openbox (pretty much for only myself) on my multi-user system, I found much to my dismay that the x-session-manager alternative had been automatically set to openbox. This meant that novice users who don't know what a session manager is and don't bother to select a session at the GDM login prompt get openbox when they log in. As you can imagine, due to openboxe's minimalism and essentially manditory customization, I got numerous reports of "I can't login", and "I just get a black screen". Despite its enormous strengths as a window and session manager, I would strongly contend that openbox is not a sensible default system wide session manager. I can pretty much guaruntee that openbox will be of no interest to users who do not actively seek out alternatives to gnome-session and metacity. Kevin -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (400, 'stable'), (300, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-amd64.003 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages openbox depends on: ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.4-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libobparser21 3.4.7.2-2 parsing library for openbox ii libobrender21 3.4.7.2-2 rendering library for openbox them ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library ii libstartup-notificatio 0.9-1 library for program launch feedbac ii libx11-6 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side library ii libxau6 1:1.0.3-3 X11 authorisation library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxft2 2.1.12-3 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.3-1 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime Versions of packages openbox recommends: ii openbox-themes 1.0.2 Themes for the Openbox window mana -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
