Re: Processed: Re: Bug#59534: /etc/X11/Xsession doesn't startwindow-manager anymore

[Taketoshi Sano <kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>]

Ouch! I missed it!

 at Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 03:28:03 +0900, I wrote:

> I checked BTS, and found this report.
> 
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>   | Package: xfree86-common
>   | Version: 3.3.6-4
>   | Severity: important
>   | 
>   | While yesterdays upgrade from 3.3.6-3 (I believe to remeber) to
>   | 3.3.6-4, the script /etc/X11/Xsession was modified which may cause
>   | that no window-manager will be started after starting the session.

(snip)

>   | told me to do). register-window-manager tells that it will "soon
>   | become obsolete". Obviously this is already true. I had to find out
>   | the syntax of update-alternatives and manually do a
>   | 
>   |         `update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager \
>   |         x-window-manager /usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep 10`
>   | 
>   | which probably should be done by the postinst script of
>   | xfree86-common.

 "/usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep" ??? It belongs to afterstep package,
not to asclassic package (which is mine). The binary in asclassic
package is /usr/X11R6/bin/asclassic.

   $ apt-cache show afterstep
   Package: afterstep
   Version: 1.6.10-1
   Priority: optional
   Section: x11
   Maintainer: Jonathon D. Nelson <nels0988@tc.umn.edu>

Rene, which do you use, afterstep or asclassic ?
If it does not have proper setting in postinst/prerm (using update-alternatives),
then you have to file another report on the right package (afterstep).

I add cc: to J. D. Nelson for this mail.

>   | If I'm completely wrong and the postinst script is correct, than my
>   | trouble could be caused by uninstalling the packet asclassic. I'd be
>   | glad to provide you with information if that seems to be the cause.

I think asclassic is not related to this problem, because
/etc/X11/window-manager is not used now, so the remaining 
entry for asclassic in /etc/X11/window-manager does not
have any effect.

Anyway, I already have uploaded asclassic_1.1b-12 to close 59534.

FYI.

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  Taketoshi Sano: <sano@debian.org>,<sano@debian.or.jp>,<kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>