Bug#501968: kdm: sourcing of shell login scripts obsoleted by new Debian infrastructure
Package: kdm
Version: 4:4.1.2-1
Severity: important
When upgrading to kde4 I've yet again run into the "kdm sources my .profile and
makes my X session crash because I use screen on the console" problem. Despite
this solution being IMHO hackish I didn't file a bug report because it obviously
served a purpose. But while test-upgrading another box from etch to lenny I've
found out that with x11-common 1:7.3+9 a general solution to the "I can't set
env-vars for my X session" problem has been introduced: The scripts in /etc/X11
source the file ~/.xsessionrc (announced in NEWS.Debian).
I therefore suggest to realign kdm with the Debian Way of Doing Things (tm),
drop /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession and announce all this in NEWS.Debian.
With this implemented #471450 (use .xsessionrc) and #464729 (no longer applies)
could be closed, too.
Yours, Daniel
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-rc9-00007-g0edd6df (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.23 Debian configuration management sy
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.1.2-1 runtime components from the offici
ii kdelibs5 4:4.1.2-1 core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii libc6 2.7-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4+b1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libqimageblitz4 1:0.0.4-4 QImageBlitz image effects library
ii libqt4-svg 4.4.3-1 Qt 4 SVG module
ii libqt4-xml 4.4.3-1 Qt 4 XML module
ii libqtcore4 4.4.3-1 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4.4.3-1 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.3-3 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.2-3 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxtst6 2:1.0.3-1 X11 Testing -- Resource extension
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii gnome-session [x-session-mana 2.22.3-1 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii kde-window-manager [x-window- 4:4.1.2-1 the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii kdebase 4:4.1.2-1 base applications from the officia
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.1.2-1 X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii logrotate 3.7.1-4 Log rotation utility
ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.22.0-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii xserver-xorg-core [xserver] 2:1.5.1-1 Xorg X server - core server
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 237-1 X terminal emulator
Versions of packages kdm suggests:
ii kdepasswd 4:4.1.2-1 password changer for KDE 4
-- debconf information excluded
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