On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:17:25PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Setting up gdm (2.2.5.3-2) ...
> dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Well, if you want some debugging output, try adding the -x flag to the
#!/bin/sh line in /var/lib/dpkg/info/{g,w,x}dm.postinst scripts.
Also, try running dpkg-reconfigure on the packages in question.
> fafsa-01:~# update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
>
> There is only 1 program which provides x-session-manager
> (/usr/bin/gdm). Nothing to configure.
>
> fafsa-01:~# /etc/init.d/gdm start
> Not starting GNOME Display Manager (gdm); it is not the default display
> manager.fafsa-01:~#
This is all because x-session-manager is no longer used to choose the
display manager. Instead, a debconf hack is used to create
/etc/X11/default-display-manager, which contains the name of the display
manager to use. /etc/init.d/gdm is telling you above that gdm is not
listed in that file. I suspect that the reason you're having this
problem has something to do with the debconf mechanism involved, but I
can't say for sure. The suggestions I gave above should yield some
interesting info.
noah
(wdm maintainer)
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