'Failed to load session "xmonad"' error after selecting "GNOME with Xmonad" option in lightdm on Quantel beta

Bug #1047794 reported by Tom Smith
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xmonad
Unknown
Unknown
xmonad (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Note: this is similar to bug #1047785 and might/probably be the same underlying issue, but is arrived at in a different way and results in a different error

On a fairly virgin install of the Quantel beta:

$ sudo apt-get install xmonad
reboot
select "GNOME with Xmonad" from lightdm
attempt to login

the screen redraws, sometimes to a blank screen, sometimes to the lightdm screen.

the error 'Failed to load session "xmonad"' is displayed on a popup.

pressing OK on the popup takes me back to lightdm.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xmonad 0.10-4build2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 8 11:42:56 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xmonad
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Tom Smith (takeontom) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in xmonad (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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