So it seems that the problem is not that xorg doesn't set
DESKTOP_SESSION correctly, it's that SDDM uses an absolute path for this
instead of just the base name like every other window manager.
I'll fix it in Ubuntu; meanwhile, a bug is filed upstream. Linked here.
** Also affects: sddm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: High => Wishlist
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) => (unassigned)
** Changed in: sddm (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: sddm (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: sddm (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
** Also affects: sddm via
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/852
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Title:
60x11-common_xdg_path uses $DESKTOP_SESSION which needs a sanity check
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