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On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Jarno Suni<[email protected]> wrote:
> Avinash.Rao, please use e.g http://ubuntuforums.org/ for these kind if
> questions, and mention which way you use to open image files.
>
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> [Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899
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> Status in “xubuntu-default-settings” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in xubuntu-default-settings in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> A regression has developed in the xubuntu-default-settings package when the 
> gdm settings was inappropriately "re-synced"" with Ubuntu's which results in 
> the proper xinitrc script not being executed by default which consequentially 
> resulted in a number of bugs such as the screen saver not properly starting 
> and improper/unexpected session settings. This is a serious regression.
>
> A work around is available that involves the user clicking the "session" 
> button at the login screen and specifically selecting Xfce4 before logging 
> in. This will result in the proper login process taking place. Users can make 
> Xfce4 their default session so that they are no longer affected by this 
> regression. As expected, users who had installed Ubuntu previously before 
> installing Xubuntu will not have experienced this problem since they would 
> have to take this action to login to the xfce4 desktop in the first place (or 
> users who have selected the Xfce4 session specifically for whatever reason).
>
> To determine if a user is affected, they will meet the following criteria:
>
> 1) They most likely will have installed Xubuntu first or have no other Ubuntu 
> derivative installed;
> 2) The contents of ~/.dmrc will most likely be as follows (as enclosed by 
> [File ...] ... [/File]):
>
> [File ~/.dmrc]
>
> [Desktop]
> Session=default
> [/File]
>
> To confirm, output of ~/.xsession-errors can be examined.
>
> Users whose ~/.dmrc file read "Session=xfce4" will experience the normal 
> login process and are not affected.
>
> The fix for this bug is to update the gdm config file shipped in 
> xubuntu-default-settings to use the xfce4.desktop session file instead of 
> default.desktop and to notify users of the existing install the possible need 
> to follow the workaround procedure.
>
> TEST:
> 1. Install Xubuntu vanilla.
> 2. Login
> 3. Determine that /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc did not execute on login (a good 
> indicator would be that gnome-screensaver is not running)
> 4. Install updated package
> 5. Login again, /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc should have executed on login (or at 
> least for new users)
>
>
>
>

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[Hardy] Xfce4 xinitrc script not executed on login
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220899
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