Bug#366599: xdm looks for /usr/bin/X, but I have /usr/X11R6/bin/X
package xdm
severity 366599 grave
merge 365134 366599
thanks
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 08:23:55PM +0100, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Package: xdm
> Version: 1:1.0.1-6
> Severity: normal
>
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> From: Phil Endecott <spam_from_debian_bugs_2@chezphil.org>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
> Subject: /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers calls /usr/bin/X, but I have /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> Message-ID: <20060509190927.6320.6968.reportbug@egypt.chezphil.org>
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> Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 20:09:27 +0100
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> Package: xdm
> Version: 1:1.0.1-6
> Severity: normal
>
>
> I've just tried to upgrade xdm to 1:1.0.1-6, from a
> not-very-old 6.9.something version (sorry, I don't think I can now find
> out what the old version was). I have not upgraded any other X
> packages.
>
> When xdm tries to start, according to /var/log/xdm.log :
> server /usr/bin/X cannot be executed
>
> This comes from /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers, which has this path hardcoded.
> My X server seems to be in /usr/X11R6/bin/X, provided by xserver-common
> 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4.
>
> My guess is that the location of the X server has changed recently, and
> that if I now upgraded my other X packages it would now work properly.
> But I'm not going to test this.
>
> One solution would be to make xdm depend on whatever package it is
> that provides the X server, so that it will find it in the right place.
> Otherwise some mechanism to find X wherever it is installed is needed.
This is a duplicate of #365134, merging.
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