Bug 325689

Summary:	[lxde] add Xsession entry for LXDE
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Nikolaj Šujskij <skrattaren>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	LXDE team (DEFUNCT) <lxde+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	leio, l_faillie
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	LXDE xsession entry for /etc/X11/Sessions/

Description Nikolaj Šujskij 2010-06-26 11:34:59 UTC

Most DE and window managers (such as KDE, fluxbox, openbox, awesome) create a file in /etc/X11/Sessions. It serves the similar purpose to /usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop, for example, sys-apps/qingy allows user to choose session based on those files. Please add such a file to lxde-base/lxde-common (or more appropriate file if there's one), see working example (based on fluxbox entry) attached.

Comment 1 Nikolaj Šujskij 2010-06-26 11:35:34 UTC

Created attachment 236629 [details]
LXDE xsession entry for /etc/X11/Sessions/

Comment 2 Mart Raudsepp gentoo-dev

2011-01-14 01:51:40 UTC

@lxde, what is blocking this?
This bug makes impossible to sanely launch different desktop environments from the command line due to being forced to have a ~/.xinitrc, which completely overrides XSESSION variable. If this bug is fixed, one can have a default desktop environment in the typical place in /etc/conf.d or /etc/env.d (depending on versions) and override with "XSESSION=lxde startx".

Comment 3 Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-01-18 21:05:09 UTC

...anybody?  this file really needs to be added.  Probably to lxde-base/lxde-common??

Comment 4 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-06-08 19:39:08 UTC

I fail to understand this issue. Could you please elaborate a little bit why this is important? Cause I am using LXDE and everything seems to work perfect. Just tell me what to do in order to understand how this file will fix anything

Comment 5 Nikolaj Šujskij 2011-06-08 19:54:49 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> I fail to understand this issue. Could you please elaborate a little bit why
> this is important? Cause I am using LXDE and everything seems to work perfect.
> Just tell me what to do in order to understand how this file will fix anything

 Well, I could speak for my particular issue: install sys-apps/qingy, run it on one of ttys, try to select LXDE session with it. Others will describe their expectations, I expect.

Comment 6 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-02-04 10:41:52 UTC

*** Bug 389607 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-02-04 10:47:56 UTC

Well, long standing bug. I revbump lxde-common to 0.5.5-r2 and added the file you attached here. I hope this fixes your problem. Let me know if you any problem with that