Bug#240773: kdm: Default session is not set for new users

[Anders Ellenshøj Andersen <andersa@fys.ku.dk>]

Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.2.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: sid

Since 3.2.1 you have to select session type to be KDE manually when you first login via KDM. 
This is a change from older versions where it gave you a KDE session by default.

For new users this is very confusing since when you log in, all you get is a simple console. 
(A barebones x session.) 
People are liable to think that after upgrading their entire KDE system is now suddenly 
broken.

KDM remembers your old session choice the next time you log in, so you only have to select KDE 
once for it to work for all future sessions. Still this change of behaviour is very confusing.

Kind Regards

Anders E. Andersen


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.4
Locale: LANG=da_DK, LC_CTYPE=da_DK

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii  debconf                     1.4.18       Debian configuration management sy
ii  kdebase-bin                 4:3.2.1-1    KDE Base (binaries)
ii  kdelibs4                    4:3.2.1-1    KDE core libraries
ii  libart-2.0-2                2.3.16-3     Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfam0c102                 2.7.0-5      client library to control the FAM 
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.3.3-5    GCC support library
ii  libice6                     4.3.0-7      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpam-runtime              0.76-16      Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                    0.76-16      Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpng12-0                  1.2.5.0-5    PNG library - runtime
ii  libqt3c102-mt               3:3.2.3-2    Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libsm6                      4.3.0-7      X Window System Session Management
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.3-5    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxrender1                 0.8.3-7      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxtst6                    4.3.0-7      X Window System event recording an
ii  xbase-clients               4.3.0-7      miscellaneous X clients
ii  xlibs                       4.3.0-7      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1-5    compression library - runtime

-- debconf information:
  kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
  shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
  kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm