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regarding choose-session option missing with no upgrade path
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Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.26.2-1
Hello,
I am using shared home directories on a group of machines. For
some reasons (screen sizes, typical usage) I want to have
individual sessions for each machine. The simplest way I found
was to have an .Xsession file with the following content:
exec gnome-session --choose-session `echo -n \`hostname\``
With this version however the --choose-session option is gone
with no clear upgrade path. This has two effects:
- gnome-session and X via startx does not start at all, leaving
no direct trace to the --choose-session option anywhere. IMHO
this change should be made clearer, at least in a file in
/usr/share/doc/gnome-session/
A very obcure thing to debug, IMHO impossible for mere users.
Thus, the upgrade breaks previously running systems without
notice.
- I have no idea and found no information on how to convert my
old sessions from .gnome2/session into the new format. Internet
search does not really help here. If this bug report does not
help neither, I have to consider that this upgrade caused a loss of
user data.
If there is a procedure (script would be fine), it could be
mentioned in /usr/share/doc/gnome-session/upgrade or the like.
Bye,
Joerg
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There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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