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** Changed in: gdm
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  gdm doesn't respect $PATH, hardcodes X location

Status in gdm:
  Won't Fix
Status in gdm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Description of the problem:

  - LightDM as display manager: X from /usr/local/bin/X is used, just as
  it should, according to the $PATH env variable defined in
  /etc/environment. Everything works fine with LightDM.

  - GDM as display manager: X is always used from /usr/bin/X, and $PATH
  is ignored. It seems that the location of X is hardcoded somewhere. If
  I move /usr/bin/X to /usr/bin/X.bak and restart GDM, it fails to start
  and doesn't find X in /usr/local/bin.

  I am using ubuntu quantal, my packages are up-to-date and I compiled X from upstream git master on fd.org.
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  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: gdm 3.5.91-0ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  Tags: third-party-packages quantal
  Uname: Linux 3.6.0-rc5 x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: sudo vboxusers

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