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and subject line Re: Bug#533724: gdm: missing dependency locks up keyboard/mouse
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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
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Le lundi 21 septembre 2009 à 20:52 -0700, Ludovico Cavedon a écrit :
> Hi,
> gdm can be run even without an X server (e.g. for remote login), so it
> is not correct to have it depend on xorg server components.
>
> It should rather recommend them, but I see it already recommends
> xserver-xorg, which in turn depends on the mouse and keyboard drivers.
>
> Are there reasons not to install xserver-xorg but still want to have
> other pieces of the xserver? In that case we could add an explicit
> Recommends: on these two packages, but not Depends.
I completely subscribe to this analysis.
This is not a bug.
Cheers,
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