I was trying to set the default desktop environment using /etc/sysconfig/desktop. Originally, there was no /etc/sysconfig/desktop.
I have discovered that if my home directory does NOT have a .dmrc file (i.e. If the account is brand new), then I get the following logged to the .xession-errors file in my home directory:
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with utmp /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -u /var/run/utmp -x "/ var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "mvanhorn" localuser:mvanhorn being added to access control list No profile for user 'mvanhorn' found stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
However, if I create a .dmrc file in my home directory, and it contains either
[Desktop] Session=gnome
or
[Desktop] Session=kde
everything works fine.
So, what seems to be happening is that when the system needs to function without a .dmrc file, it creates a new one (in my home directory which contains)
[Desktop] Session=default
but then the above error happens and it goes back to the login screen.
There doesn't seem to be any permission problem involved, and it's not logging any error about not being able to write to ~/.dmrc. However, I can't figure out why it needs to have a preexisting .dmrc file (which seems to go against the idea of the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file).
Any insight or help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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