Bug 2520

Summary:	uninstall of gdm leaves /etc/X11/prefdm
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	hargrove
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	rvokal
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Hardware:	i386
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Description hargrove 1999-05-03 19:27:49 UTC

This bug should have component=gdm, but no such component is
available at the time I enter this bug.

On an Intel system running RHL 6.0 (upgraded from 5.2
despite the problems with a hard disk install), I had both
xdm and gdm installed.  I chose to remove gdm with "rpm -e
gdm".  After that the file /etc/X11/prefdm still pointed to,
the now missing, gdm rather than to xdm.  The result is no
X.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-05-03 20:23:59 UTC

Ooops. It should go away on reboot; we'll start looking at in
place solutions.

Comment 2 Jay Turner 1999-06-30 17:00:59 UTC

This issue has been forwarded to a developer for further action.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-07-29 16:11:59 UTC

will be fixed in initscripts in the next rawhide release.