Joerg: > This really has two separate parts: > > - Ability to select a terminal-only session: This ought be possible by > putting a suitable 'xterm.desktop' file into the /usr/share/xsessions > directory. Maybe we should ship such a file, but it should be possible > to disable it. Which leads to the question why this xsessions directory > is in /usr rather than in /etc ...
Yes, we agree that having this is desirable, and we notice that other distros using the new GDM provide this. So we already went ahead and added this xterm.desktop file to our builds, and I updated the ARC materials to say so. > - Fallback in case of misconfiguration: iirc in case of certain > misconfigurations (e.g. if the selected xsession .desktop file points to > something non-existing), the session fell back to a failsafe session. Is > that (still) the case? No, the new GDM does not provide this any longer. User are expected to use VT switching to access the system to fix such problems, or to login via other mechanisms (if on a remote system, for example). Brian
