Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.9-1
Severity: wishlist
After some trouble during a gdm session it is sometimes useful
to have a copy of the last .xsession-errors. Attached is a sample
patch to save 7 versions of the file.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy
ii gksu 2.0.2-2+b1 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-session [x-sessi 2.22.3-3 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-term 2.26.2-2 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.20-2 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.26.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 1:2.4.43-3 Extended attribute shared library
ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.80-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdmx1 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.9-4.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.26.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libpam-modules 1.0.1-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.0.1-9 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.24.0-3+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii librsvg2-2 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii librsvg2-common 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 2.0.82-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-18 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.1-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.4-2 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxi6 2:1.1.4-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.7.3.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library
ii lsb-base 3.2-22 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii metacity [x-window-man 1:2.26.0-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii xterm [x-terminal-emul 243-1 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii gdm-themes 0.6.2 Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii whiptail 0.52.10-4 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.4.2-11 nested X server
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3+19 the X.Org X server
ii zenity 2.26.0-1 Display graphical dialog boxes fro
Versions of packages gdm suggests:
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.26.1-1 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii locales 2.9-12 GNU C Library: National Language (
ii pm-utils 1.2.5-4 utilities and scripts for power ma
-- debconf information:
gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm
--- Default.dist 2009-07-31 01:15:24.000000000 -0400
+++ Default 2009-07-31 01:15:24.000000000 -0400
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@
echo "$OUTPUT"
}
+# Save the X session error file
+SAVELOG=$(gdmwhich savelog)
+SAVELOG_OPTS="$HOME/.xsession-errors"
+"$SAVELOG" "$SAVELOG_OPTS"
+
exit 0
#!/bin/sh
PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin"
OLD_IFS=$IFS
gdmwhich () {
COMMAND="$1"
OUTPUT=
IFS=:
for dir in $PATH
do
if test -x "$dir/$COMMAND" ; then
if test "x$OUTPUT" = "x" ; then
OUTPUT="$dir/$COMMAND"
fi
fi
done
IFS=$OLD_IFS
echo "$OUTPUT"
}
# Save the X session error file
SAVELOG=$(gdmwhich savelog)
SAVELOG_OPTS="$HOME/.xsession-errors"
"$SAVELOG" "$SAVELOG_OPTS"
exit 0
