Ubuntu
gdm package

warning about .dmrc, although .dmrc is existing

Bug #18839 reported by Pavel Rojtberg
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gdm (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Sebastien Bacher

Bug Description

Im getting that a $HOME/.dmrc file is not existing or has the wrong permissions,
although such a file is existing an has the right permissions, but is actually
empty. (I created it after the first time I got the warning)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. What version of gdm/ubuntu are you using? What session do
you use from gdm?

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viper (viper7) wrote :

(In reply to comment #0)
> Im getting that a $HOME/.dmrc file is not existing or has the wrong permissions,
> although such a file is existing an has the right permissions, but is actually
> empty. (I created it after the first time I got the warning)

Check your write permision to your $HOME directory. You should have: drwxr-xr-x.

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Pavel Rojtberg (rojtberg) wrote :

(In reply to comment #2)
> Check your write permision to your $HOME directory. You should have: drwxr-xr-x.
 thanks, that was it - it worked after I changed the permissions to 755.
But its still a bit weird, because it was 775 before...

@Sebastien
I was talking about v. 2.8.0.1-0ubuntu2

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I'm closing the bug as NOTABUG, that's probably not gdm which changed the
directory mode. Feel free to reopen if you disagree

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