[Pkg-xfce-devel] Debian testing installs with XDM as dependency of Xfce fail (eventually) when switched to LightDM

[Gilbert Sullivan]

On 09/09/2011 01:09 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On ven., 2011-09-09 at 12:58 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
>> It appears that this line --
>>
>> co:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty hvc0 9600 linux
>>
>> -- in /etc/inittab of the AMD64 system was causing those errors.
>> Apparently the line is placed there during installation on a
>> hypervisor-capable system. Once I commented that line out, the
>> respawning errors ceased completely.
>
> That might deserve a bug report to the debian installer or to the
> relevant package.

I'll check into it. The thing about those daily builds is that the 
installer is a moving target. I get the impression that they *expect* a 
percentage of them to be broken.

;-)

Best regards,
Gilbert