Ubuntu Netbook Edition maverick doesn't have a guest session
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Release Notes for Ubuntu |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gdm-guest-session (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli | ||
Maverick |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli | ||
netbook-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli | ||
Maverick |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli |
Bug Description
gdm-guest-session (0.17) maverick-proposed; urgency=low
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* Makefile:
- symlink the restricted session env variable to une one to workaround
gconfd in maverick, seeing GDMSESSION=
"une", like other any other process in the guest session (LP: #657371)
test case:
1. Install this version
2. start ubuntu netbook edition session in gdm (you should have unity appearing)
3. under the session indicator menu, choose "guest session"
4. check that you are indeed logged in a guest ubuntu netbook session
5. check that you cannot access anything in /home/
debdiff attached
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netbook-meta (2.035) maverick-proposed; urgency=low
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* Refreshed dependencies
* Added gdm-guest-session to netbook-recommends (LP: #657371)
test case:
if you don't have gdm-guest-session, on upgrade, you should get it. Check after upgrading to that version that you get a "guest session" entry in the session indicator after a session restart.
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It's simply not seeded in the netbook metapackage for final.
In addition, there is something wrong for launching it (I fixed that in lucid a while ago):
The env variable aren't set correctly, and so unity doesn't start in this guest session. Investigation for a fix in a SRU.
Changed in netbook-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks) |
Changed in netbook-meta (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
milestone: | none → maverick-updates |
Changed in gdm-guest-session (Ubuntu Maverick): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks) |
assignee: | Didier Roche (didrocks) → nobody |
milestone: | none → maverick-updates |
assignee: | nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks) |
10.10 Release Note: (Bug:657371)
Newly installed UNE 10.10 does not have a guest session.