Package: gdm Version: 2.20.9-1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 8.6 Problem:
The package gdm is missing a dependency, without which it may lock up the system. This behavior conflicts with section 8.6: "If a package contains a binary or library which links to a shared library, we must ensure that when the package is installed on the system, all of the libraries needed are also installed." The missing dependencies are: xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse When installing gdm without these packages, all keyboards and mice stop responding after starting gdm. This includes ALt+Ctrl+Fx and Alt+Ctrl+Del. (Tested on a Thinkpad T61 with external USB keyboard and USB mouse) Therefore, the computer is locked and gdm is effectively unusable. On a stand-alone computer, a reboot is necessary. Without installing gdm, xserver-xorg works without the two packages. After installing both packages, all keyboards and mice work in gdm as expected. Proposed resolution: gdm should add a dependency to xserver-xorg-input-kbd. gdm should at least recommend xserver-xorg-input-mouse. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (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 [deb 1.5.26 Debian configuration management sy ii e17 [x-windo 1:0.16.999.060-0cvs20090612 The Enlightenment DR17 Window Mana ii gksu 2.0.2-2+b1 graphical frontend to su ii gnome-sessio 2.26.1-7 The GNOME Session Manager ii gnome-termin 2.26.2-1 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 1:2.4.43-2 Extended attribute shared library ii libc6 2.9-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.14-3 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib 0.80-4 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdmx1 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Distributed Multihead extensio ii libfontconfi 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.9-5 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 2.20.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnomecanv 2.26.0-1 A powerful object-oriented display ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.2-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libpam-modul 1.0.1-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runti 1.0.1-9 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.0.1-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpango1.0- 1.24.2-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii librsvg2-2 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG ii librsvg2-com 2.26.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG ii libselinux1 2.0.80-1 SELinux shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.q-16 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 2:1.2.1-2 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml2 2.7.3.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library ii lsb-base 3.2-22 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii metacity [x- 1:2.26.0-2 lightweight GTK+ window manager ii powershell [ 0.9-8+b1 powerful terminal emulator for GNO ii xterm [x-ter 243-1 X terminal emulator ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages gdm recommends: ii dialog 1.1-20080819-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii gdm-themes 0.6.2 Themes for the GNOME Display Manag ii whiptail 0.52.10-4 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii xnest 2:1.6.1.901-2 Nested X server ii xserver-xephyr 2:1.6.1.901-2 nested X server ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3 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 2.9-16 GNU C Library: National Language ( ii pm-utils 1.2.5-2 utilities and scripts for power ma -- debconf information: * shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm gdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/gdm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
