the startup script does exactly what it was supposed to do; because there was no default session manager (broken symlink) it falls back to using the default window manager. The script can only test for the default session manager, and not every single one available. In your case the bug was when removing kde it didn't clean up after itself but you had to do it yourself. This is not a bug in xorg.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- gnome-session not started if /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager is a dangling symlink https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289451 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs