gdm crashes when it encounters a .desktop session file it can't read
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm |
Unknown
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Medium
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gdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
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Low
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
I noticed this via bug #542338, but I am filing it separately since I believe it is a different issue.
Right now, if I select the Sugar session to log in with in GDM, it crashes horribly. This is simply upon choosing the Sugar option in the combo box, and that is enough to kill it.
(Naturally, gdm gets restarted, but it simply vanishes without warning and, naturally, it's impossible to log in to a Sugar session). The following information appears in the system log:
Mar 19 17:30:45 dylan-netbook gdm-session-
Mar 19 17:30:49 dylan-netbook gdm-simple-
Mar 19 17:30:49 dylan-netbook gdm-binary[767]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.112974 seconds
Mar 19 17:30:49 dylan-netbook gdm-simple-
It doesn't need to perform a miracle and parse the session file, but GDM probably shouldn't crash here :)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 19 18:01:27 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: gdm 2.29.92-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_CA.utf8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
Changed in gdm: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Confirmed |
Changed in gdm: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in gdm: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Invalid → Unknown |
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