Ubuntu
gdm package

gdm no longer works with xvfb

Bug #598848 reported by Reinhard Tartler
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

in gdb-2.20 (gdm-legacy) in karmic, gdm could be configured to work with xvfb by editing /etc/gdm/gdm.conf:

  sed -i s,/usr/X11R6/bin/X,/usr/bin/Xvfb, /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
  sed -i s,VTAllocation=true,VTAllocation=false, /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

since lucid, there is no gdm-legacy package more around.

This configuration is useful for using freenx or nomachines NX server in an ubuntu container like LXC, openvz or linux vserver.

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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote :

I've also poked a bit in the source, it seems that the path and options to the xserver are now hardcoded in the source in current versions of gdm.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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