[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#694539: Bug#694539: invalid executable path in upstart init file
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 18:00 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:47:33AM +0100, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 00:26 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > > On mar., 2012-11-27 at 14:27 +0100, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> > > > Package: lightdm
> > > > Version: 1.4.0-1
> > > > Severity: normal
>
> > > > lightdm's /etc/init/lightdm.conf file tries to run lightdm from
> > > > /usr/bin/lightdm while it is in fact installed as /usr/sbin/lightdm.
>
> > > > The attached patch fixes the path.
>
> > > we removed the upstart init file for Wheezy because of #679409. I'm a
> > > bit unsure if it was the same problem or not, if the upstart file
> > > changed before 1.4 or something.
>
> > > I'm adding Steve and Roger on CC: in case they have an opinion on this,
> > > but I'd be happy to include the patch if it fixes upstart support in
> > > lightdm (although I can't test).
> > FWIW it works for me with the patch applied and the latest upstart in
> > sid.
>
> I'm at a loss to explain how this could be so. Is the file below, taken
> from the lightdm source, the correct one? Because it contains no 'start on'
> condition at all (nor a 'stop on'), which means the service would never be
> automatically started at boot.
I was manually starting lightdm ("service lightdm start"). That didn't
work without this patch but works with it.
Cheers,
Jelmer
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