Update to 3.6.1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Quantal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[IMPACT]
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- Various InitialSetup fixes
- ignore pam info messages for automatic logins
- unlock fixes
- user switching fix on consolekit systems
- be more robust against empty user shells/home dirs
- create program session log file as root instead of after setuid
- properly reload gdm.schemas on SIGHUP
- bring back gdmflexiserver (LP: #1057841)
- fix shutdown/restart items in simple-greeter menu (LP:1064388)
- Translation updates
[TESTCASE]
* Just verify that logging in and out still works, particularly with GNOME Shell
* Also check user switching
[Regression Potential]
The Ubuntu GNOME Remix (& similar unofficial flavors) should be the only thing using GDM these days. It's pretty critical if GDM works but there are several fixes included in this upload including a fix for bug 1055359 which has a high number of duplicates and could lead to data loss if gdm is not running on :0.
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gdm 3.6.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 16 15:23:15 2012SourcePackage: gdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.
mtime.conffile.
This bug was fixed in the package gdm - 3.6.1-0ubuntu1
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gdm (3.6.1-0ubuntu1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low
[ Jeremy Bicha ] patches/ ubuntu_ user_switching. patch:
* New upstream release (LP: #1067492)
- Fix "Switch User" not working in Unity or GNOME Classic,
thanks Tim! (LP: #1057841)
* debian/
- Dropped, applied in new version
[ Tim Lunn ]
* debian/gdm.prerm:
- Do not try to stop gdm service if its not running. (LP: #1055359)
-- Tim Lunn <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:18:58 -0400