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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 225294] New: kdm makes wrong guess at previous session type
From:       Per Ångström  <per.angstrom () autark ! se>
Date:       2010-02-02 18:18:42
Message-ID: bug-225294-17878 () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225294

           Summary: kdm makes wrong guess at previous session type
                    (encrypted home)
           Product: kdm
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdm-bugs-null@kde.org
        ReportedBy: per.angstrom@autark.se


Version:            (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

KDE 4.3.95. Ubuntu 10.4 Alpha 2+.

On one of my machines, KDM always logs me into Gnome, no matter which desktop
environment I used last. More specifically, although KDM updates ~/.dmrc with
my choices, it ignores the contents of ~/.dmrc on login and defaults to
"restricted guest", which loads Gnome. This means that I cannot get into KDE
without explicitly choosing it from the menu!

I was a bit puzzled that it only happened on this machine and not my other
machine which runs the same software. After some thought, I now think that the
interesting difference is that only this machine has an encrypted home
directory.

I think that KDM looks in the ~/.dmrc file too soon; this will of course fail
if I have not yet unlocked my home directory. It should defer the lookup until
I have been logged in.

I haven't checked, but this probably applies to all the entries in ~/.dmrc, not
just Session.

Furthermore, there is something strange about my always getting the "restricted
guest" type. As an experiment, I entered a number of bogus user names in the
login dialog and looked in the menu to see which session type would be marked
"(previous)"; the results looked random to me.

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