autologin does not source $HOME/.Xresources

[Paul Jolly]

With the following /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, my $HOME/.Xresources is sourced at login:

[SeatDefaults]
user-session=ubuntu
greeter-session=unity-greeter

But if I set auto-login, it is not sourced:

[SeatDefaults]
autologin-guest=false
autologin-user=myitcv
autologin-user-timeout=0
autologin-session=lightdm-autologin
user-session=ubuntu
greeter-session=unity-greeter

My test for detecting whether it has been sourced is fairly rudimentary. In my Xresources I have the following:

xterm*selectToClipBoard: true
xterm*trimSelection: true
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
    Mod1 <KeyPress> V : insert-selection(CLIPBOARD,PRIMARY,CUT_BUFFER1)

So if Xresources has been correctly sourced I can Alt-v to paste text in my Xterm. If it hasn't, I need to resort to middle-mouse click.

There is probably a simpler test but this is how I detected the problem.

Is this a bug or am I missing something?

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Is this still occurring? What version of LightDM?