Bug#348120: kdm does not list available window managers in menu list
Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.5.0-4
Severity: normal
kdm used to list twm, olwm, and other installed window managers a couple
years ago when I first installed kdm, I do not remember which Debian
release it was. I
recently installed Sarge, and updated to Sid. olwm and twm have been
installed the entire time, but never showed up in the menu in kdm.
I put in a wish-list bug with olwm,
that I had to create a file for olwm (and twm) by hand in
/usr/share/xsessions,
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> When did olwm stop creating the file?
It never did. As I said, olwm registers the x-window-manager alternative
which can be used easily to generate a list of all installed window
managers. I guess there is some application that did exactly that and
now
no longer does it. But I don't have the slightest idea about which one
that
could be.
Martin
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Maybe someone could forward this bug to whatever
maintainer/package/committee it is that decides if it is a core X issue,
a kdm issue, or the responsibility of the individual window manager to
write a file into /usr/share/xsessions. Whatever it is, I think it
would be greatly appreciated, if the comments I and others on the user
list have made are any indication.
Curt-
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.67 Debian configuration management sy
ii kdebase-bin 4:3.5.0-4 core binaries for the KDE base mod
ii kdebase-data 4:3.5.0-4 shared data files for the KDE base
ii kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.0-3 core libraries for all KDE applica
ii libc6 2.3.5-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-6 GCC support library
ii libpam-runtime 0.79-3 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.79-3 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.5-3 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxau6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Authentication library
ii libxdmcp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Display Manager Control Protocol
ii libxtst6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 X Window System event recording an
ii xbase-clients 6.9.0.dfsg.1-3 miscellaneous X clients
Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii logrotate 3.7.1-2 Log rotation utility
-- debconf information:
kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm
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