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Bug 764923 - .xsession is not executed anymore with custom session
.xsession is not executed anymore with custom session
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.20.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-04-11 23:36 UTC by Sylvain Falardeau
Modified: 2018-05-24 11:23 UTC
See Also:
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Description Sylvain Falardeau 2016-04-11 23:36:47 UTC 
When upgrading to gdm 3.20.0 on archlinux, I was not able to start my custom $HOME/.xsession anymore.

After comparing theses:

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/tree/data/Xsession.in?h=3.20.0

with

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/tree/data/Xsession.in?h=3.18.2

I saw the following code is not there is 3.20.0

if [ "x$command" = "xcustom" ] ; then
  if [ -x "$HOME/.xsession" ]; then
    command="$HOME/.xsession"
  else
    echo "$0: Cannot find ~/.xsession will try the default session"
    command="default"
  fi
fi

By adding it I was able to restore the custom session.
Comment 1 Sylvain Falardeau 2016-04-12 13:15:27 UTC 
Sorry, I did not see the commit message mentioning this feature was deprecated and removed.

I was persuaded it was a bug because the comment on line 7:

#  custom - Run ~/.xsession and if that's not available run 'default'

I was puzzled why my ArchLinux did not login from gdm after upgrade to 3.20.
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 11:23:05 UTC 
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