Bug 1164783

Summary:	default session in sddm is KDE Plasma failsafe
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Mustafa Muhammad <mustafa1024m>
Component:	sddm	Assignee:	Rex Dieter <rdieter>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	21	CC:	awilliam, bitlord0xff, dvratil, jgrulich, kevin, ltinkl, mbriza, rdieter, sgallagh
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Whiteboard:	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F21_bugs#kde-default-failsafe
Fixed In Version:	kde-workspace-4.11.14-3.fc21	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-03-11 15:59:33 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Mustafa Muhammad 2014-11-17 13:25:10 UTC

Description of problem:
Using KDE live DVD image to install, the default session is set to failsafe.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Fedora 21 beta KDE live DVD
2. Logout and see the selected session
Or
1. Install KDE live
2. on sddm, see the selected session
3.

Actual results:
KDE Plasma (failsafe) 

Expected results:
KDE Plasma

Additional info:

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2014-11-17 13:32:16 UTC

I think sddm lists those sorted/alphabetically, so looks like:

KDE Plasma (failsafe)
KDE Plasma Workspace

is the sort order, which is unfortunate.  Will see if there's something we can do about that.

Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2014-12-03 20:23:00 UTC

Looks like a simple workaround would be to rename kde session files in 
/usr/share/xsessions

kde-plasma.desktop => 01-kde-plasma.desktop
kde-plasma-safe.desktop => 99-kde-plasma-safe.desktop

Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2014-12-03 21:22:12 UTC

Went with safe approach of renaming just
kde-plasma-safe.desktop => kde-plasma99-safe.desktop

Still would be nice/ideal if sddm grew some new configuration option, like
DefaultSession=

or to cheat, and simply always prefer kde-plasma.desktop if present (that's what gdm does with gnome-shell apparently)

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-12-04 04:50:18 UTC

kde-workspace-4.11.14-3.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kde-workspace-4.11.14-3.fc21

Comment 5 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2014-12-04 14:57:42 UTC

Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 21-final by Fedora user rdieter using the blocker tracking app because:

 KDE Plasma Workspace (failsafe) session is sorted first in sddm, so gets picked by default after kde (live,net) install... which yields a poor experience (with at least desktop effects disabled).

Comment 6 Stephen Gallagher 2014-12-04 16:54:35 UTC

In the event that today's Go/No-Go decision is "slip one week", I'm +1 to this low-risk, high-value Freeze Exception.

Given that the workaround is "Click to change the default session, and forever after it will work right", it's clearly not a candidate for a blocker.

Comment 7 Adam Williamson 2014-12-05 00:01:54 UTC

F21 is signed off now, so dropping proposal as it's moot. Marking as CommonBugs.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2014-12-13 09:35:36 UTC

kde-workspace-4.11.14-3.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.