cannot start from console or lightdm, works with gdm3

Submitted by Tim

Assigned to Xfce Bug Triage

Link to original bug (#11210)

Description

xfce4 starts and runs properly when gdm3 is the display manager, however it does not work properly when started from lightdm, or from a console.

If I remove the directory

~/.config/xfce4

then I can start xfce4 from lightdm, but it still does not behave correctly. For instance, the settings manager does not allow me to set the resolution and some applications are not found. If I make changes to some settings, then upon exit and restart, it fails to start the session.

-- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xfce4-session depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 2.12.0-1 ii libc6 2.19-11 ii libcairo2 1.12.16-5 ii libdbus-1-3 1.8.6-2 ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.102-1 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.1 ii libfreetype6 2.5.2-2 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.30.8-1+b1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.0-1 ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.24-1 ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.7-1 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.7-1 ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.36.7-1 ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-6.1 ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1 ii libwnck22 2.30.7-2 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3 ii libxfce4ui-1-0 4.10.0-6 ii libxfce4util6 4.10.1-2 ii libxfconf-0-2 4.10.0-3 ii multiarch-support 2.19-11 ii xfce4-settings 4.10.1-2 ii xfconf 4.10.0-3

Versions of packages xfce4-session recommends: ii dbus-x11 1.8.6-2 ii libpam-systemd 208-8 ii systemd-sysv 208-8 ii upower 0.99.1-3 ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+3 ii xfdesktop4 4.10.2-3 ii xfwm4 4.10.1-2 ii xscreensaver 5.26-1

Version: 4.10.1