Ubuntu
xubuntu-default-settings package

Cosmetic changes to gnome environment when xfce4 package is installed on Ubuntu

Bug #115865 reported by Ian Hinder
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xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xfce4

Using Feisty 7.04 Ubuntu (not Xubuntu), I installed the xfce4 package in order to use xfce in VNC sessions. The next time I rebooted, I noticed the following:

* the GDM theme had been changed to an XFCE theme (easily fixed)

* after entering my password, the screen changes to bright blue for several seconds before the brown gnome desktop appears (I still have not been able to fix this).

I don't think that installing an additional desktop environment should modify the existing one; it looks like some Xubuntu-specific code has managed to find its way into the xfce packages in Ubuntu.

Apologies if this should have been filed against a more specific xfce package; I do not know which one is responsible.

Revision history for this message
Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report.

Changed in xfce4:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

Hi,

It doesn't really modify the existing one: gdm artworks are managed using alternatives.
You can find which config you are currently using with the following command: sudo update-alternatives --display gdm-config-derivative

xubuntu theme has a higher priority to ensure that it'll be the theme displayed by default on a xubuntu install (instead of the ubuntu one).
You can choose which gdm config to use with the following command(s):
sudo update-alternatives --config gdm-config-derivative # and choose the config you want

or

sudo update-alternatives --auto gdm-config-derivative # to fall back to the automatic mode

Changed in xubuntu-default-settings:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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