Package: xdm Version: 1:1.1.8-5 Severity: normal If you use xdm as your display manager the xscreensaver daemon can only be started during the first session.
To reproduce: 1) Boot machine to xdm greeter. 2) Log in via xdm - during this session the xscreensaver daemon can be started and stopped ok 3) Log out, returning to xdm greeter screen 4) Log in via xdm - during this (and subsequent sessions) the xsceensaver daemon cannot be started. If attempting to starting via xscreensaver-demo the error message is: " Error: The xscreensaver daemon did not start up properly. Please check your $PATH and permissions. " This problem does not occur if using gdm instead of xdm. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xdm depends on: ii cpp 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libpam0g 1.0.1-5+lenny1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.65-5 SELinux shared libraries ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library ii libxau6 1:1.0.3-3 X11 authorisation library ii libxaw7 2:1.0.4-2 X11 Athena Widget 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 libxft2 2.1.12-3 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxmu6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxpm4 1:3.5.7-1 X11 pixmap library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii x11-common 1:7.3+20 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc ii x11-utils 7.3+2+nmu1 X11 utilities ii xbase-clients 1:7.3+20 miscellaneous X clients - metapack xdm recommends no packages. Versions of packages xdm suggests: pn sessreg | xutils <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/xdm * shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
