It's hardcoded to load a session called 'ubuntu' rather than something called 'default'. So this means that a lightdm conf file has to override the default and a symlink to default.desktop does nothing.
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 19:20, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Why does lightdm allows "ubuntu" only to be used? the xubuntu settings > binary could install config with another session? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu > Bug Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799754 > > Title: > Please let vendors easily provide their own config > > Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: lightdm > > Hi, > > Could you register lightdm.conf in the alternatives system? This would > let derivatives set another default config easily (as done with gdm), > and avoid the dpkg-divert nightmare that is going with gdm3. > > (currently, daily builds of xubuntu don't start any session because > lightdm tries to start gnome which doesn't exist...) > > Thanks. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/799754/+subscriptions > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs > Post to : mythbuntu-b...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mario Limonciello supe...@gmail.com -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799754 Title: Please let vendors easily provide their own config To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/799754/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
