tag 583946 moreinfo unreproducible kthxbye On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 20:25:22 +0100, Nigel Tamplin wrote: > Package: xdm > Version: 1:1.1.8-5 > Severity: normal > > If you use xdm as your display manager the xscreensaver daemon can only be started during the first session. > > To reproduce: > > 1) Boot machine to xdm greeter. > 2) Log in via xdm - during this session the xscreensaver daemon can be started and stopped ok > 3) Log out, returning to xdm greeter screen > 4) Log in via xdm - during this (and subsequent sessions) the xsceensaver daemon cannot > be started. > > If attempting to starting via xscreensaver-demo the error message is: > > " > Error: > > The xscreensaver daemon did not start up properly. > > Please check your $PATH and permissions. > " > > This problem does not occur if using gdm instead of xdm. > I can't reproduce this (with xdm 1:1.1.10-1). Cheers, Julien
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