[Bug 44074] Adding new sessions has no effect

[Bernat Tallaferro]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
When creating a new session on the "Session Options" of the gnome-
session-settings application (System>Preferences>Sessions) by clicking
on the "Add" button, a new session is added on the list. So far so good.

However, when logging in on GDM the new session is not shown anywhere
and can therefore not be chosen. When choosing a session in GDM only the
standard "Last session", "GNOME session", "Failsafe", etc. sessions are
shown.

Using 2.14.1-0ubuntu5 and quoting the help page:

<quote>
Use this area of the dialog to manage multiple sessions
in the GNOME Desktop, as follows:             

    * To create a new session, click on the Add button.  The Add a new session dialog is displayed. Use this dialog to specify a name for your session.
                    
    * To change the name of a session, select the session in the Sessions table. Click on the Edit button. The Edit session name dialog is displayed. Type a new name for your session.
    
    * To delete a session, select the session in the Sessions table. Click on the Delete button.
                        
When you log in on GDM, you choose a session. When you choose a session, you can select which of the multiple sessions to use.
</quote>

I would expect to be able to see my newly created session listed along
with the usual "Last session", "GNOME session", "Failsafe", etc. options
in GDM. The only workaround is to create a .desktop session manually,
but that defeats the point of using a GUI for creating sessions.

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Adding new sessions has no effect
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44074