Am 07.05.2015 um 19:01 schrieb jmullee: > Package: gdm3 > Version: 3.14.1-7 > Severity: grave > Tags: patch > Justification: renders package unusable > > Dear Maintainer, > > Recently upgraded wheezy to testing (jessie) > > gdm3 wouldn't start. > several log messages: > May 4 18:24:25 tosh gnome-session[1371]: gnome-session[1371]: > WARNING: > Could not parse desktop file caribou-autostart.desktop or it references a not > found TryExec binary > > There are 2 files of this name: > /etc/xdg/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop > /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop > > I changed gdm's caribou-autostart.desktop path to caribou to match xdg version > > /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop > Was: Exec=/usr/lib/gdm3/caribou > Now: Exec=/usr/lib/caribou/caribou > > Gdm starts ok now. > > This may explain other people's gdm start problems
While I can't reproduce the start failure, this seems like an obvious error, indeed. diff --git a/data/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop.in b/data/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop.in index 38b3fc6..9f72d52 100644 --- a/data/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop.in +++ b/data/autostart/caribou-autostart.desktop.in @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Caribou -Exec=@LIBEXECDIR@/caribou +Exec=@LIBDIR@/caribou/caribou AutostartCondition=GSettings org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-keyboard-enabled X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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