Split GDM packages
Bug #1162849 reported by
Pierre-Antoine Champin
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The problem is that when someone using Ubuntu with Unity installs gnome-shell, they are prompted to choose a display manager but there isn't enough information about which one to choose.
Original bug report
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gnome-shell depends on gdm;
however, it is possible to use gnome-shell with another session manager (esp. lightdm which is the default on ubuntu).
So this dependency seems too strong. It should either
* be changed to a recommend
* be a dependency on gdm | lightdm (possibly adding other session managers?)
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gnome-shell won't run if you don't have gdm installed. See bug 1054288 for more information.