awesome install does not create desktop listing in GDM/LightDM

[John Turek]

When installing awesome, it does not create an entry to launch the window manager from GDM or LightDM or KDM

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: awesome 3.4.14-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 31 00:08:37 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-28 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64+mac (20120926)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: awesome
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-12-28 (2 days ago)

[Jens (jens-redhat-bugs)]

Description of problem:
I didn't work out the reason yet but according to my testing
in latest F18 and Rawhide, Awesome no longer appears in the session
list in GDM or lightdm when installed. Strange.

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install awesome and reboot into DM
2. look for it in session selection list

Actual results:
Awesome does not appear

Expected results:
Awesome

Additional info:
It was appearing until recently for F18 until after Beta IIRC.

[Thomas (thomas-redhat-bugs)]

Seems to be caused by the NoDisplay=true entry in awesome's .desktop file.

Already discussing this with upstream, see https://awesome.naquadah.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=1031.

We can patch the desktop file, but I'd like to hear upstream's opinion first.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Kevin Jadin (marcspitz)]

I recently updated to raring, and came accross a problem while trying to use Awesome-wm.

Awesome doesn't seem to be registered in "gnome-session" which I believe has become the standard way of launching a session.

I therefore tried adding some files in order for awesome to be shown in lightdm, but it doesn't work.
The two files which I have been working on are attached to this post.

/usr/share/xsessions/awesome.desktop
/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/awesome.session

Unfortunately, this does not work..

[gregor herrmann (gregoa)]

Reported and apparently fixed upstream:
https://awesome.naquadah.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=1031

gregor

[Kevin Jadin (marcspitz)]

@gregor

I regret but this is not the same bug. The bug you mentionned is about Awesome showing in the applications menus of other WM.

This specific bug is about :
1) awesome not showing in lightdm/gdm
2) not starting even with the modified desktop and session files I provided..

I don't know how to fix this, what has changed since 12.10..

[gregor herrmann (gregoa)]

On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:48:56 -0000, Kevin Jadin wrote:

> I regret but this is not the same bug. The bug you mentionned is about
> Awesome showing in the applications menus of other WM.

Not only; it's referred to from
http://bugs.debian.org/701514 ("Awesome doesn't display on GDM")
and mentions
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901434 ("awesome not
listed in X sessions") but reading through the bug log it seems it's
still not fixed, sorry for that assumption.

> I don't know how to fix this, what has changed since 12.10..

Sorry, me neither, just thought I'd provide some further pointers.

Cheers,
gregor

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[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

Package awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-4114/awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

[Bartlomiej Skwira (lol12121deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

+1

[Hairong Zhu (hrzhu)]

The bug still exists in Xubuntu 13.04 release. And I can confirm that delete `NoDisplay=true' in /usr/share/xsessions/awesome.desktop solves the problem.

[Lemon (leeway1985)]

+1 the gnome version of ubuntu 13.04 release also have this issue.

[Bartlomiej Skwira (lol12121deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Deleting NoDisplay=true also worked for me, thanks Hairong Zhu!

[James Crowther (j1aks)]

just tried this in Ubuntu 13.4 (x64) and I can confirm that just changing `NoDisplay=true' to `NoDisplay=false' in '/usr/share/xsessions/awesome.desktop' is sufficient to make it show up in the window manager list on the login screen.

[Dmitry Sandalov (dmitry-sandalov)]

+1,
13.4 x64 Unity GDM.
Deleting NoDisplay=true worked for me

[Aryo Adhi (aryo-adhi)]

Solved, by changing string `NoDisplay=true` to `NoDisplay=false`. Running 13.04 x64, standard LightDM.

[Achim Behrens (k1l)]

Still happening in 13.10.
the fix is to change `NoDisplay=true` to `NoDisplay=false` in /usr/share/xsessions/awesome.desktop as mentioned above and on some blogs. this should be easily fixed, imho

[Jack-Benny Persson (jackbenny)]

Confirmed, it worked by changing NoDisplay to false in /usr/share/xsessions/awesome.desktop

[Janus (reslayer-mail)]

In 13.10 NoDisplay to false fixes the problem too. And still.

[CheolHan Yoon (mait)]

+1 "In 13.10 NoDisplay to false fixes the problem too. And still."

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package awesome - 3.4.15-1ubuntu1

---------------
awesome (3.4.15-1ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/remove-nodisplay-from-desktop-file.patch: Removes
    problematic "NoDisplay=true" from desktop file. Cherry picked from
    upstream (LP: #1094811)
 -- Adam Gandelman <email address hidden> Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:19:01 -0800