Description of problem: Running switchdesk with a bad command-line option, for example switchdesk -help creates a .Xclients file only in the user's home directory. Since this file attempts to execute either ~/.Xclients/$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY or ~/.Xclients-default, neither of which is created, one is unable to log into the default GNOME session. One fix might be to just modify .Xclients so it checks whether .Xclients-default exists before trying to execute it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): switchdesk-4.0.3-1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run switchdesk with a bad option (for example "switchdesk -help"), making sure that no ~/.Xclients* files already exist. 2. Log out. 3. Try to log in using the default GNOME session. Actual results: Error message ("Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. ...") and you get the option to see details, which shows ~/.Xclients exists but ~/.Xclients-default doesn't. Upon closing, one is back at the login screen. Expected results: Should be able to log into the default session normally.
Sorry, this bug report is a dupe. For some reason, bugzilla showed no switchdesk bugs last time I queried, but this time it shows several bugs including this one already reported.
it's fixed in switchdesk-4.0.4-1, which should show up in rawhide. Thanks for your report