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

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On sam., 2011-09-10 at 22:13 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> This time I did not remove LightDM. I simply installed XDM, rebooted, 
> and logged on so that I could send this message with the appropriate 
> attachments. I hope that they will be of some use, and I'll avoid 
> removing LightDM so that I can try any experiments / data gathering that 
> you might suggest.
> 
> It did take rather longer this time to see this problem appear. The 
> previous installations of LightDM resulted in this problem appearing in 
> less than two days -- and that was three times in a row.
> 
> Well, I've got to hit the sack. This happened just as I was trying to do 
> backups to external drives and my second system. I'll be back tomorrow 
> morning (New York time).
> 
Ok, so indeed lightdm.log shows errors, but it doesn't really say
where/how. Other logs aren't really helpful either, but could you tell
us the timing information?

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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