Package: xfce4 Version: 4.4.2.1 --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
Okay, I'm going to clarify by being more organized and coherent. Using the XFCE4 Desktop Task results in a system that does not start the XFCE4 Desktop (gdm starts and the session tries to start, but fails) This is because the desktop task depends on gdm and xfce4 and: gdm depends on gnome-session-manager | x-terminal-emulator gnome-session-manager depends on gnome-settings-daemon xfce4 depends on xfce4-mcs-manager The gnome-settings-daemon when it loads blocks the xfce4-mcs-manager from loading. xfce4-mcs-manager is required for the xfce4 desktop. However, the XFCE4 desktop task also depends on xfce4-terminal which provides x-terminal-emulator, so gdm's dependencies *should* be satisfied. It appears that selecting the task (+ on the task) selects gdm before xfce4-terminal, therefore gdm's dependencies pull on gnome-session-manager before xfce4-terminal is selected in the gui. This means it's easy to end up with a non-starting desktop if one installs the standard system and then starts aptitude and select the task in order to get an xfce4 desktop. (As in unless you know it's going to happen it will happen). Regards, Daniel --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 Debian Release: lenny/sid 500 testing security.debian.org 500 testing mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca 500 stable security.debian.org 500 stable mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ================================-+-=========== gtk2-engines-xfce (>= 2.4.2) | 2.4.2-2 thunar (>= 0.8.0) | 0.9.0-10 xfce4-icon-theme (>= 4.4.2) | 4.4.2-1 xfce4-mcs-plugins (>= 4.4.2) | 4.4.2-4 xfce4-panel (>= 4.4.2) | 4.4.2-6 xfce4-session (>= 4.4.2) | 4.4.2-6 xfce4-utils (>= 4.4.2) | 4.4.2-8 xfdesktop4 (>= 4.4.2) | 4.4.2-7 xfwm4 (>= 4.4.2) | 4.4.2-5 -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org The C Shore: http://www.wightman.ca/~cshore
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