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D3vil0p3r

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GNOME - switch the order between Wayland and Xorg session at login

I'm using Arch Linux with GNOME and when I reach the Login Manager, GNOME with Wayland is the default GNOME session set. I tested it by using GDM and then LightDM.

I would like to create an Arch Linux environment where the user can use both Xorg and Wayland, but Xorg must be the default session. Is there a method to make Xorg session default without disabling Wayland?

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3beb6e7c46a615a

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Re: GNOME - switch the order between Wayland and Xorg session at login

See https://access.redhat.com/documentation … nvironment

Works the same on Arch Linux; Accountsservice is distribution-agnostic.

D3vil0p3r

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Re: GNOME - switch the order between Wayland and Xorg session at login

See https://access.redhat.com/documentation … nvironment

Works the same on Arch Linux; Accountsservice is distribution-agnostic.

I tried this solution by adding "/etc/accountsservice/user-templates/standard" with the content:

[Template]
#EnvironmentFiles=/etc/os-release;

[User]
Session=gnome-xorg
Icon=${HOME}/.face

where "gnome-xorg" is defined in "/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-xorg.desktop". Despite this, when I reboot, and when I reach LightDM login manager, I still see GNOME Wayland session.

The strange fact is that, when I enter manually in GNOME Xorg, and then I reboot, when I reach LightDM the session menu does not persist on GNOME Xorg (that is the latest I accessed) but it shows always GNOME Wayland choice.

3beb6e7c46a615a

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Re: GNOME - switch the order between Wayland and Xorg session at login

The documentation I linked was für gdm.  I don't know if it works under lightdm.

D3vil0p3r

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Re: GNOME - switch the order between Wayland and Xorg session at login

The documentation I linked was für gdm.  I don't know if it works under lightdm.

I tried to modify "/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf" by adding "user-session=gnome-xorg". It seems to work.