Bug#402708: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#402708: xfce fails to start
reassign #402708 xfce4-session
retitle #402708 xfce4-session doesn't start without xfce4-session.rc
severity #402708 serious
thanks,
Current xfce4-session in sid doesn't ship a xfce4-session.rc. It's
required for startup, as it ship the Failsafe Session, which is the
default one when no session was previously started.
xfce4-session doesn't ship the xfce4-session.rc like before
(in /etx/xdg/xfce4-session) because this folder has a priority greater
then the one shipped with desktop-base. desktop-base ships session and
splash files for a default Debian installation, and these should be able
to be overriwritten by admins, using files in /etc/xdg/xfce4-session.
But now, if an user never started xfce4-session and doesn't have
desktop-base installed, start will fail like in your case.
A temporary solution is to install desktop-base but it shouldn't be a
dependency.
Shipping a xfce4-session.rc with only failsafe session in xfce4-session
is doable, but there won't be a splash screen.
We need a xfce4-session.rc in a folder less important
than /usr/share/desktop-base/profiles/xdg-config/, but this would
require an upload of libxfce4util4, so it wouldn't reach Etch.
I see currently two solutions:
* make xfce4-session depend on desktop-base
* ship a xfce4-session.rc in /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/ with only failsafe
session. Users without desktop-base won't see a splash screen at first
start but could configure one later.
Both solutions need an upload of xfce4-session and a transition to Etch.
Current xfce4-session in testing doesn't have the problem, because it
ships a xfce4-session.rc with everything.
I make the severity serious because current xfce4-session won't start
for freshly installed sid.
Regards,
--
Yves-Alexis Perez
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