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[Roman Fiedler <roman.fiedler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xdm

After a minimal install of xserver and xdm, xdm does not start because X
binary cannot be started. It is possible, that this is not a bug of xdm
itself, please see note of workaround below:

Cause:

File /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers refers to X via  /usr/bin/X

:0 local /usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -nolisten tcp

No such file or symbolic link exists, but /usr/bin/Xorg exists.

# WORKAROUND: Might be bug in ubuntu xdm or xserver package,
# reported launchpad #?NOTYET. Not clear, if xdm base config is
# broken, xorg install failed to create symlink or our install instructions
# broke it.
if ! test -e /usr/bin/X; then
  sed -i -r -e 's/ \/usr\/bin\/X / \/usr\/bin\/Xorg /' /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
fi

** Affects: xdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784443

Title:
  /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers uses old /usr/bin/X not Xorg