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accountsservice package

  1. Bug #897212
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 897212

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In , Karel (karel-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Description of problem:

GDM ignores user's default session, it is always set to GNOME no matter what content is stored ~/.dmrc.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

gdm-2.30.2-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm,

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install other windows manager (I tried with xmonad and awesome), or simply create *.session representing raw X session.
2. Login to the newly created session using GDM
3. Log out

Actual results:

After logging out from Awesome the Awesome session should be selected as default, but GNOME is selected as default session although the Awesome is shown as default session in ~/.dmrc.

Expected results:

After logging out from Awesome window manager is selected as user's default session.

Additional info:

This works on Fedora 12, with gdm-2.28.2.3.fc12, so it must be a regression.

I'm using custom gnome-session configuration which launches special Gnome session where Awesome replaces panel and window manager, however the issue occurs even if Awesome is run in the standalone mode or an raw Xsession is launched.