** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2012309
Title: gdm3: autostart folder for .desktop files is not working in Ubuntu 23.04 Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: Problem summary: ---------------- After upgrading from Ubuntu 22.10 to Ubuntu 23.04 (development branch) gdm3 doesn't autostart the applications (.desktop files) placed in the folder /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/ Notice that gdm3 documentation states that the official autostart folder is /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ but placing desktop files in this folder never worked for me in any Ubuntu release. However, placing desktop files in the folder /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/ worked in Ubuntu 22.10 and previous releases, but it's broken in Ubuntu 23.04. So it may be correct that /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/ don't work anymore as the documented folder is /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ ... but that one didn't work either. There are several packages that rely in the correct working of these autostart folders. E.g. the package spice-vdagent creates these two .desktop files: /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/spice-vdagent.desktop /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/spice-vdagent.desktop One in each autostart folder... just in case. But none of these works in Ubuntu 23.04. Additional data: ---------------- System Model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 8Gb Kernel: Linux fpgrpi 5.19.0-1015-raspi #22-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 6 10:35:33 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux # lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu Lunar Lobster (development branch) Release: 23.04 # apt-cache policy gdm3 gdm3: Instalados: 43.0-3ubuntu2 Candidato: 43.0-3ubuntu2 Tabla de versiĆ³n: *** 43.0-3ubuntu2 500 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports lunar/main arm64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/2012309/+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