Public bug reported:
Problem summary:
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After upgrading from Ubuntu 22.10 to Ubuntu 23.04 (development branch) gdm3
doesn't autostart the applications (.desktop files) placed in the folder
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/
Notice that gdm3 documentation states that the official autostart folder is
/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ but placing desktop files in this folder
never worked for me in any Ubuntu release.
However, placing desktop files in the folder /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/
worked in Ubuntu 22.10 and previous releases, but it's broken in Ubuntu 23.04.
So it may be correct that /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/ don't work
anymore as the documented folder is
/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ ... but that one didn't work
either.
There are several packages that rely in the correct working of these autostart
folders. E.g. the package spice-vdagent creates these two .desktop files:
/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/spice-vdagent.desktop
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/spice-vdagent.desktop
One in each autostart folder... just in case. But none of these works in Ubuntu
23.04.
Additional data:
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System Model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 8Gb
Kernel: Linux fpgrpi 5.19.0-1015-raspi #22-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 6
10:35:33 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
# lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description: Ubuntu Lunar Lobster (development branch)
Release: 23.04
# apt-cache policy gdm3
gdm3:
Instalados: 43.0-3ubuntu2
Candidato: 43.0-3ubuntu2
Tabla de versión:
*** 43.0-3ubuntu2 500
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports lunar/main arm64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2012309
Title:
gdm3: autostart folder for .desktop files is not working in Ubuntu
23.04
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Problem summary:
----------------
After upgrading from Ubuntu 22.10 to Ubuntu 23.04 (development branch) gdm3
doesn't autostart the applications (.desktop files) placed in the folder
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/
Notice that gdm3 documentation states that the official autostart folder is
/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ but placing desktop files in this folder
never worked for me in any Ubuntu release.
However, placing desktop files in the folder
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/ worked in Ubuntu 22.10 and previous releases,
but it's broken in Ubuntu 23.04.
So it may be correct that /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/ don't work
anymore as the documented folder is
/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ ... but that one didn't work
either.
There are several packages that rely in the correct working of these
autostart folders. E.g. the package spice-vdagent creates these two .desktop
files:
/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/spice-vdagent.desktop
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/spice-vdagent.desktop
One in each autostart folder... just in case. But none of these works in
Ubuntu 23.04.
Additional data:
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System Model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 8Gb
Kernel: Linux fpgrpi 5.19.0-1015-raspi #22-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar
6 10:35:33 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
# lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description: Ubuntu Lunar Lobster (development branch)
Release: 23.04
# apt-cache policy gdm3
gdm3:
Instalados: 43.0-3ubuntu2
Candidato: 43.0-3ubuntu2
Tabla de versión:
*** 43.0-3ubuntu2 500
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports lunar/main arm64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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