This patch ensures '.desktop' files are picked up in the system profile and not in the directories listed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS. The latter includes 'gnome-session.desktop', which should be used if it's in /run/current-system/profile, and only then. Fixes . diff -ur a/daemon/gdm-session.c b/daemon/gdm-session.c --- a/daemon/gdm-session.c 2019-09-25 10:40:24.000000000 -0400 +++ b/daemon/gdm-session.c 2020-04-18 18:30:02.671856808 -0400 @@ -348,24 +348,18 @@ GArray *search_array = NULL; char **search_dirs; int i; - const gchar * const *system_data_dirs = g_get_system_data_dirs (); static const char *x_search_dirs[] = { "/etc/X11/sessions/", DMCONFDIR "/Sessions/", DATADIR "/gdm/BuiltInSessions/", - DATADIR "/xsessions/", + "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/" }; static const char *wayland_search_dir = DATADIR "/wayland-sessions/"; search_array = g_array_new (TRUE, TRUE, sizeof (char *)); - for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) { - gchar *dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "xsessions", NULL); - g_array_append_val (search_array, dir); - } - g_array_append_vals (search_array, x_search_dirs, G_N_ELEMENTS (x_search_dirs)); #ifdef ENABLE_WAYLAND_SUPPORT @@ -373,16 +367,7 @@ #ifdef ENABLE_USER_DISPLAY_SERVER g_array_prepend_val (search_array, wayland_search_dir); - for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) { - gchar *dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "wayland-sessions", NULL); - g_array_insert_val (search_array, i, dir); - } #else - for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) { - gchar *dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "wayland-sessions", NULL); - g_array_append_val (search_array, dir); - } - g_array_append_val (search_array, wayland_search_dir); #endif } diff -ur a/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c b/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c --- a/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c 2019-10-07 04:53:35.000000000 -0400 +++ b/libgdm/gdm-sessions.c 2020-04-18 18:31:42.491348691 -0400 @@ -245,19 +245,12 @@ "/etc/X11/sessions/", DMCONFDIR "/Sessions/", DATADIR "/gdm/BuiltInSessions/", - DATADIR "/xsessions/", + "/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions/" }; names_seen_before = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal); xorg_search_array = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (g_free); - const gchar * const *system_data_dirs = g_get_system_data_dirs (); - - for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) { - session_dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "xsessions", NULL); - g_ptr_array_add (xorg_search_array, session_dir); - } - for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (xorg_search_dirs); i++) { g_ptr_array_add (xorg_search_array, g_strdup (xorg_search_dirs[i])); } @@ -269,11 +262,6 @@ wayland_search_array = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (g_free); - for (i = 0; system_data_dirs[i]; i++) { - session_dir = g_build_filename (system_data_dirs[i], "wayland-sessions", NULL); - g_ptr_array_add (wayland_search_array, session_dir); - } - for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (wayland_search_dirs); i++) { g_ptr_array_add (wayland_search_array, g_strdup (wayland_search_dirs[i])); }