What's wrong with installing gdm and xfce4-session together, or xfce4-session first? gdm is the *GNOME* display manager, thus I don't think it is unreasonable for gnome-session to be the preferred dependency.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- GDM does not depend on xfce4-session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301666 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs