-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 15:43 +0200, Ronny Standtke wrote: > > 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. > > As I said, the variable SESSION_MANAGER will be set when you log into > GNOME (or GNOMEish desktop environments like Cinnamon or MATE). The > variable is added to the systemd manager environment block. You can > verify this by calling > > systemctl --user show-environment | grep SESSION_MANAGER
I don't use GNOME and am not at all knowledgeable in systemctl “user” session. In any case, that commands reports nothing in my Xfce session. > > The systemd manager environment block is persistent across subsequent > logins (not reboots), even when using different desktop environments. > This is implemented in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/95dbus_update-activation-env I don't really understand how it's possible. A new Xsession should be run every time there's a new cycle. How can the environnement could be preserved? > > As I said, I am not very familiar with all the details around the > SESSION_MANAGER variable, but it seems like it is only set by GNOMEish > desktop environments. Even Xfce itself doesn't set the variable. It only > checks the variable and fails to start if it is set, which is happening > here. SESSION_MANAGER is definitely set here: printenv |grep SESSION_MANAGER SESSION_MANAGER=local/scapa:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/32176,unix/scapa:/tmp/.ICE- unix/32176 (32176 is the pid of the currently running xfce4-session process). > > 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? > > OK, adding pkg-gnome-maintain...@alioth-lists.debian.net to CC. Thanks! Regards, - -- Yves-Alexis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE8vi34Qgfo83x35gF3rYcyPpXRFsFAl1dTwUACgkQ3rYcyPpX RFuzzwgAx4OJt1IaFSXh22OQVFx14cDI5kTkeNekcIpUClAHUHwm+9e0fyUDfkjk OLg8CZBoayAyxfTeUsGPa30YiZIvbjXzK/XOiYrDGWkE8IlpNm6eU7a273Ml4OXs zMMU/lSH13a5wEzNKNAArFosByRpviE/MJf0E8xnaU+SaStLqodnogn6uQKHXD3q mliogec4m/ANhnAgnMbRyd7x9VutfKLjMSLz6/JR4CZ4PeGoBox1lYedn7i711qR qSvhuXdq/AU2zrYDJuDxzITxszeu5Wui1l7a3VKyt7ms/qPNTQ/nTlnuPihhoOFP 5GcjX5pHsfs6m2Sb9ZPMxMLXzzpAkg== =zBx0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
