-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Tue, 2019-08-20 at 20:39 +0200, Ronny Standtke wrote: > When you log into GNOME (or Cinnamon or MATE) the environment variable > SESSION_MANAGER will be set. If you then log out and try logging into > Xfce it will fail. You will simply be catapulted back to the gmd login > screen. The following error message will appear in the system journal > (the PID may vary of course): > /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[5992]: xfce4-session: Another session > manager is already running > > This is implemented here: > https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-team/desktop/xfce4-session/blob/debian/master/xfce4-session/main.c#L96 > > I am not very familiar with all the details concerning this variable but > the attached patch is a workaround that unsets the variable > SESSION_MANAGER in > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55xfce4-session. This way it is possible to first > log into GNOME, log out and then log into Xfce.
Hi, at first sight that doesn't look like a good idea. I have no idea why SESSION_MANAGER is already set when you start Xfce the second time, but it looks like a bug in either gdm or gnome. Just ignoring the fact that a manager might be running doesn't look sound. Can you get in touch with gnome and gdm people about this? Regards, - -- Yves-Alexis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE8vi34Qgfo83x35gF3rYcyPpXRFsFAl1c8V4ACgkQ3rYcyPpX RFtjtQgAikyBZkkdLfYxQ0LgkP7HqJbejd2wj7Me5LjtIVxZ9SqWpAElaWiX1YV9 T+Cwr3aIxb4dwn0gGCtUGoStTb0eDJjsjIVIWrdCo9GMTvOEPKcKiuhWFr63XNQe cJuNr8BGz03tIJnTdcP7CGl4oboMASt7Zj37W9xL4wmD50tAFb1jeZeY8RQcjR6a OPDEhcxdRzWi3m8g5FW1eyFTk4toQ59n+Rb9JUcLT4Jdd636JtuVJZlqk+ed6eTw Oi/gwuspIUwZ5C77F+bjBcEQRFuiF0BjEUdua/vxIJFSRrmZG4eDwDzrkXBKpnKc OBs4yQqaXSh73HcdP/zjp53qsLJXyA== =Qo1t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
