Bug 29902 - the default session (the window manager) run by DM changes after installing more window managers
Summary: the default session (the window manager) run by DM changes after installing m...
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Simply Linux
Classification: Distributions
Component: packages (show other bugs)
Version: 7.0.1
Hardware: all Linux
: P3 normal
Assignee: Mikhail Efremov
QA Contact: Andrey Cherepanov
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Blocks: 26112
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Reported: 2014-03-22 00:25 MSK by Ivan Zakharyaschev
Modified: 2015-04-15 18:05 MSK (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2014-03-22 00:25:55 MSK 
The default window manager started by the DM for old users also changed in Simply Linux 7.0.x (from Xfce4) after I apt-get-installed mate-document-viewer (and hence mate-session).

lightdm and /usr/bin/runwm are involved in starting the DE/WM.

A solution for this problem would be to write "Xfce4" into /etc/sysconfig/desktop in Simply Linux installations, right?

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #26112 +++

gdm2.20-2.20.8-alt6

In Simply Linux beta 2011-08-11, where there was only Xfce and it was the default desktop env and window manager, I've apt-get-installed WindowMaker-0.94.0-alt2 and xmonad-0.9.2-alt2 additionally.

After that, the "default" session in gdm started to call xmonad, even for those users who previously used Xfce (as the former "default").

This is a trouble for the administrator that installing additional window managers changes the meaning of the "default" option. The installation of additional window managers shouldn't change the default.
Comment 1 Mikhail Efremov 2015-04-15 18:05:11 MSK 
Fixed in Simply Linux 7.0.5 RC1