Fedora Core 5 Test Update: gdm-2.14.4-1.fc5.2

[Benjy Grogan]

On 6/7/06, Michal Jaegermann <michal at harddata.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 12:10:40PM -0400, Benjy Grogan wrote:
> >
> > To fix the problem I had to first 'chmod +w
> > /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf' as root and then replace all instances
> > of '/usr/X11R6/bin' to '/usr/bin' in defaults.conf.
>
> That is precisely what I suggested NOT to do.  Instead of changing
> /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf you can override settings in
> /etc/gdm/custom.conf.  Both to fix some mistakes and to make your
> own changes.  This is exactly why you have the later file.
> 'defaults.conf' will get clobbered on the next update.

But the problem is with defaults.conf.  Too much work to overspecify everything.

Benjy

>
> > I guess the latest GDM rpm is borked then?
>
> Indeed.  In no uncertain terms.
>
>    Michal
>
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