So really the biggest issue is #2 from above, the login screen needs to report the actual session to be used from 1st login on. That still doesn't address advertising that wayland is the default in 17.10 (but not in the first default session), but does eliminate a lot of subsequent misleadings.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705157 Title: "Ubuntu" and "Ubuntu on Xorg" randomly start the same session (maybe Wayland maybe Xorg) Status in gnome-session: Confirmed Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Test case: Do a fresh install of current image (july 19 here Boot up, check selected session at the greeter - it will say "ubuntu" Log in, ck. env., it will actually be ubuntu-wayland Ex. $ env | grep -i wayland DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu-wayland WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu-wayland GDMSESSION=ubuntu-wayland Test 2: From above log out, switch session in greeter to wayland on ubuntu,, switch back to ubuntu, login. Now you'll be in an ubuntu session Test 3: log out from above ubuntu session, log into ubuntu-wayland session, reboot. At greeter notice it says "ubuntu" selected. Login, ck. session. You'll actually be in an ubuntu-wayland session ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: ubuntu-session 3.24.1-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Jul 18 21:48:10 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170718) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-session/+bug/1705157/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
