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

[Bob Chiodini]

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 10:51 -0600, Michal Jaegermann 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.
> 
> > I guess the latest GDM rpm is borked then?
> 
> Indeed.  In no uncertain terms.
> 
>    Michal
> 

At least the changes to /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf will revert back to
default (hopefully correct) on the next update,
whereas /etc/gdm/custom.conf will not (I assume).

Therefore, change /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf for the workaround
and /etc/gdm/custom.conf for customization.

Bob...