Error "xrdb command not found, X session not merged" with xdm+fvwm2

[halfdog]

With jaunty debootstrap install from 20090414, xdm+fvwm2 gives error after login (plain black/white) X-Tookit popup:

"xrdb command not found, X session not merged"

The command isn't installed, because there is no dependency from xdm/fvwm2 but it seems that the program is needed. I have not tracked down if xdm or fvwm2 needs the program, but I guess either of them should include the dependency.

[halfdog (halfdog)]

Installation of x11-xserver-utils fixed following problems:

* Final login window was ugly black/white without logo or header, with
  utils installed it looks ok

* Ctrl-R did not work, instead two chars (rectangle+r) were printed
  in text field. Now Ctrl-R works, but there is still a strange message
  in xdm.log at startup:
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols

This remains:
* xdm startup showed 2 or 3 screen-updates (flash) before final
  login window appeared.

This error was not reproducable (xdm.log):

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813518b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x55) [0x80c7be5]
2: [0xb7feb400]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so(i965_prepare_composite+0x30e) [0xb78f91ce]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libexa.so(exaCompositeRects+0x438) [0xb772b988]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libexa.so(exaGlyphs+0x523) [0xb7727103]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x81805d5]
7: /usr/bin/X(CompositeGlyphs+0xa2) [0x816eb92]
8: /usr/bin/X [0x817bcde]
9: /usr/bin/X [0x8175125]
10: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x33f) [0x808d57f]
11: /usr/bin/X(main+0x3bd) [0x80722ed]
12: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7bc8775]
13: /usr/bin/X [0x80717a1]
Saw signal 11. Server aborting.
 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
 ddxSigGiveUp: re-raising 11
Wed Apr 15 21:52:41 2009 xdm error (pid 3514): fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer)

[Linuxonlinehelp_de (linuxhelp)]

Hi

try install

xbase-clients package it resolves deps and works good

i always use xdm+icewm for fast old laptops..

Regards Tom
www.linuxonlinehelp.de

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Is this bug reproducible with the latest Lucid or Maverick packages ?

Thanks in advance

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

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[halfdog (halfdog)]

I tested again, it seems to be fixed (dependency added to xdm)

xdm package:
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libx11-6 (>= 0), libxau6, libxaw7, libxdmcp6, libxext6 (>= 0), libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxinerama1, libxmu6, libxpm4, libxrender1, libxt6, debconf (>= 1.2.9) | debconf-2.0, x11-utils | xbase-clients | xmessage, cpp, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), x11-xserver-utils <------- HERE ----

Thanks for getting it fixed!

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

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