Fixed via ubuntu-mate-meta 1.249. xinit was pulling in gnome-terminal, Adding xterm to the Ubuntu MATE seeds and rebuilding ubuntu-mate-meta has resolved the issue.
I don't actually understand why though, because xinit has `Recommends: xserver-xorg | xserver, gnome-terminal | xterm | x-session-manager | x -window-manager | x-terminal-emulator` * mate-session-manager provides x-session-manager * marco (MATE Window manager) provides x-window-manager * mate-terminal provides x-terminal-emulator So why did seeding xterm fix this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841957 Title: The system installed from Ubuntu-MATE 20190829.1 ISO has GNOME Shell and GDM3 as default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1841957/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs