And I think that "XSession" is what counts. Does it help if you switch to lightdm-gtk-greeter (but keep mate- session-manager)?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1910279 Title: mate-session starts instead when i3 was selected on login screen Status in Ubuntu MATE: New Status in arctica-greeter package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: New Status in mate-session-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Have Ubuntu MATE 20.10 installed 2. Install i3 with `sudo apt-get install i3*` 3. Reboot machine 4. Select i3 (or i3 with debug) on login screen Expected results: * i3 starts Actual results: * MATE starts instead of i3 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: mate-session-manager 1.24.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Tue Jan 5 22:27:29 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-23 (74 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) SourcePackage: mate-session-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1910279/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
