Re: gdm / gdm3
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:25:47 +0300, Victor Nitu wrote:
> Hello all!
Hi!
I'm creating a new thread because you have replied to a current one ("Re:
a quick Q:about package") and thus hijacking it ;-)
> I just have caught an interesting observation on the gdm3 package. I
> have two systems, both of them are vanilla Debian testing, installed in
> different time frames. In fact, there are about 7-8 months between them.
> Both have all packages up-to-date, but yesterday I noticed a small
> difference when booting my laptop - the package name for the display
> manager on my laptop is simply gdm, while on my desktop PC is gdm3. I
> also have a LMDE installation at home, on another machine, which also
> have gdm3.
> Why is this happening?
Could it be because in the meantime (the invertal between both
installations) gdm was upgraded to gdm3 and so it was installed by
default on a clean install.
> Are there any other packages in this situation,
> and I should be aware of them?
There is no need to worry for that change unless you are having any
problem. I'd say you can:
a) Keep gdm untill is supported by your system
b) Upgrade to gdm3
> I mean, a lot of trouble can happen if some scripts won't work because
> of the name of the packages / binary files; I was transferring them
> freely between the two systems (by now).
> Have you experienced anything similar? I must admit I haven't search the
> bts (yet), because besides this peculiar gdm problem, I also want to
> know if there are more packages like this.
"gdm" and "gdm3" are both valid options in squeeze so I guess they can
coexist. There should be no need to make any change unless you system
urges you to do it so :-?
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Greetings,
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Camaleón
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