The bug still exists in Jaunty. The described test was about nonexistent
/usr/bin/x-session-manager, but my bug report was about
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager being a dangling symlink.
Reproduction:
r...@macks-laptop:~# mv /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager-bak
r...@macks-laptop:~# ln -s /nonexistent-path /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
r...@macks-laptop:~# ls -o /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 17 2009-03-25 16:28 /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager ->
/nonexistent-path
[couldn't login to GNOME]
r...@macks-laptop:~# mv /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager-bak
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
r...@macks-laptop:~# ls -o /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 22 2008-11-17 21:08 /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager ->
/usr/bin/gnome-session
[login possible]
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released => Confirmed
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gnome-session not started if /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager is a dangling
symlink
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289451
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