Bug 768108

Summary:	GDM ignores user's default session in ~/.dmrc
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Todd <ToddAndMargo>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.4	CC:	ayadav, tpelka
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Description Todd 2011-12-15 19:04:20 UTC

Hi All,

I am coming from the community: Scientific Linux 6.1 x64.  This exact bug in Fedora Core 15 is also manifest in EL 6.1.  Once gnome is installed, you can not default to anything else.  The below link shows all the details.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617465

This bug also ignores /etc/sysconfig/desktop: PREFERRED=xfce4

Would you please fix this for me?

Many thanks,
-T

Comment 2 Todd 2011-12-22 04:15:58 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> This bug also ignores /etc/sysconfig/desktop: PREFERRED=xfce4

It also ignores /etc/sysconfig/desktop: PREFERRED=/usr/bin/startxfce4

Comment 4 Suzanne Logcher 2012-02-14 23:24:38 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2013-10-18 20:06:18 UTC

This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 8 Todd 2013-10-18 20:30:06 UTC

Please add this to the next release

Comment 10 Chris Williams 2015-09-18 13:54:23 UTC

This Bugzilla has been reviewed by Red Hat and is not planned on being addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and therefore will be closed. If this bug is critical to production systems, please contact your Red Hat support representative and provide sufficient business justification.