[Bug 1094811] Re: awesome install does not create desktop listing in GDM/LightDM

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On 2013-01-18T07:56:23+00:00 Jens wrote:

Description of problem:
I didn't work out the reason yet but according to my testing
in latest F18 and Rawhide, Awesome no longer appears in the session
list in GDM or lightdm when installed.  Strange.

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install awesome and reboot into DM
2. look for it in session selection list
  
Actual results:
Awesome does not appear

Expected results:
Awesome

Additional info:
It was appearing until recently for F18 until after Beta IIRC.

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On 2013-01-18T12:00:27+00:00 Thomas wrote:

Seems to be caused by the NoDisplay=true entry in awesome's .desktop
file.

Already discussing this with upstream, see
https://awesome.naquadah.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=1031.

We can patch the desktop file, but I'd like to hear upstream's opinion
first.

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On 2013-03-18T20:23:11+00:00 Fedora wrote:

awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18

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On 2013-03-20T21:58:59+00:00 Fedora wrote:

Package awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-4114/awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

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On 2013-04-01T22:32:18+00:00 Fedora wrote:

awesome-3.4.15-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable
repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this
bug report.

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** Changed in: awesome (Fedora)
       Status: Unknown => Fix Released

** Changed in: awesome (Fedora)
   Importance: Unknown => Undecided

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Title:
  awesome install does not create desktop listing in GDM/LightDM

Status in awesome package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in awesome package in Debian:
  Fix Released
Status in awesome package in Fedora:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When installing awesome, it does not create an entry  to launch the
  window manager from GDM or LightDM or KDM

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: awesome 3.4.14-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
  Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec 31 00:08:37 2012
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-28 (3 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64+mac (20120926)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: awesome
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-12-28 (2 days ago)

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