XDM does not work with IceWM
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xdm (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
IceWM requires that XDG_DATA_DIRS be set so that libgdk-pixbuf2.0 can find the MIME cache. This is required to load images/pixmaps used for icons by IceWM (window decorations, minimize/
Setting XDG_DATA_DIRS appears to be the job of x11-common (/etc/X11/
The function which fails is gdk_pixbuf_
Other display managers (GDM, lightdm) do set DESKTOP_SESSION, so IceWM works as expected with these display managers. Since the combination of XDM and IceWM does not work, it looks like XDM should be setting the DESKTOP_SESSION environment variable, at least when configured for use with IceWM.
package should be xdm, not debian-installer