This bug was fixed in the package inxi - 3.1.08-1-1
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inxi (3.1.08-1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream version 3.1.08-1.
- Fix desktop detection when there are multiple values
in $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP. (LP: #1899192)
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This apparently has been going on in ubuntu for longer than I realized,
I assume one of the fallback tests which used to work must now be
failing.
Added more filters for these types of changes, and re-ordered some of
the detection for gnome to avoid a case where it is gnome but it fails
the detect
this is a regression in the beta 20.10 gnome ubuntu desktop ID. It is
not possible to know if they will correct this regression or not.
the value $GDMSESSION should be 'gnome' but is 'ubuntu', that is
completely wrong, GDMSESSION is supposed to identify the gnome desktop,
not the distro name. This
File an issue, as I already told you, on https://github.com/smxi/inxi
about the desktop issue.
This requires data and discussion, and launchpad is the wrong place for
that. I cannot reproduce your system, nor do I have any actual idea of
what you are doing to lead to desktop detection failure.
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