Public bug reported:
Going through the docs, I assume that any .desktop file that is found
inside
/usr/share/xsessions
will show up in the GDM login screen as a valid session. However, this
is not the case. E.g., I have a stumpwm.desktop file with the following
content:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=StumpWM
Comment=This session logs you into StumpWM (a minimalistic window manager)
Exec=/usr/local/bin/stumpwm
TryExec=/usr/local/bin/stumpwm
Icon=
Type=Application
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gdm
but I do not see an entry for it in the list of sessions. The same is true if I
go to "System -> Administration -> Login Screen" - I don't see all sessions in
the list for the default sessions. (I've also tried coping the gnome.desktop
file and modify it, but still no luck). The desktop file has the correct file
permissions (644) and is owned by root.
what's going on here? Do I need to tell GDM to go through this list
again? I've tried restarting GDM but no success. This is ubuntu 11.04
btw.
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
new desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions does not show up in gdm
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