After relogin lightdm don't read .Xresource

[Vladimir]

Hello,

I'm using Archlinux x86_64 and lightdm, lighdm-gtk-greeter packages (archlinux specific way to package lightdm), ver. 1.18.2. Archlinux uses its own 'Xsession' file as session-wrapper but it don't drastically different from 'debian/lightdm-session' in sources, especially in the way how to deal with X resources.

Now the problem: if I log in into WM (I used awesome) and run xrdb I see my resources, if I log out and log in again then the next xrdb run don't show my X resources.

More details:

0. to see what is going on I made changes to /etc/lightdm/Xsession (session-wrapper) to output additional information to the file 'xsession-wrapper.log';

1. start with clean lightdm run, for example, after reboot or just restart lightdm service (archlinux uses systemd)

2. log into;

3. run xrdb
  xrdb -query > tmp/xrdb-query-3.log

4. log out;

5. log into again without restarting lightdm;

6. run xrdb again
  xrdb -query > tmp/xrdb-query-6.log

7. look into 'xsession-wrappper.log'

As one may see from attached files, after first login my X resources are read but after the next login they are somehow neglected.

[Vladimir (lomov-vl)]

The output from xrdb after the first login.

[Vladimir (lomov-vl)]

The output from xrdb after the second login.

[Vladimir (lomov-vl)]

Also checked in Lubuntu 16.04, the same behavior.

[Anaximander Thales (chris-cuberootent)]

I can add that I am having this exact issue as well. The difference between Vladimir and my setup is I'm on openbox instead of awesome.

I have lightdm 1.18.2-2, and lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.1-3.

I'm happy to edit the xsession to grab similar information that vladimir grabbed, but I'm not sure what I need to add in. If someone will let me know, I'll make the changes and upload the files.

[Vladimir (lomov-vl)]

Hello Anaximander Thales,

you didn't tell what distribution you are using, but if I correctly understand these numbers,
1.18.2-2 and 2.0.1-3, then you are using the same distribution as I, i.e. Archlinux.

Please see this FS report:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/49953

As for changing Xsession, you need this only to check what is going on. You will find what to change in mentioned FS report.