Re: [gdm-list] Problems with show-desktop-icons and wayland

[Laverne Schrock <schr1230 morris umn edu>]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter <p sys4 de> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I hope I've identified the right mailing list to address my issue.

Since GDM is not involved in displaying the desktop
icons, it does not *sound* like a GDM issue.

> I've setup a new machine using arch linux. By default gnome uses wayland on
> my arch linux install. Using that constellation I can't make gdm show desktop
> icons.
>
> I was told to switch back to Xorg in this thread
> <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=218791>.
> This works once after startup.

Okay, that makes sense. So your login was using wayland,
and switching it to use X allows your Gnome session to
display the icons.

> But if I logoff or suspend the machine, the desktop hides the icons
> again.
>
> Is that a known issue or is it just me standing in the way? ;)
> What could I do to track this down? Enable gdm debugging?

How are you making GDM start an X session instead of a
Wayland session? are you using the dropdown menu
on the login screen?

Try using `ps aux | grep X` and `ps aux | grep wayland`
to see what process are actually running (both when
you can see the icons and when you can't).

> These are my machines settings:
>
> $ gdm --version
> GDM 3.22.1
>
>
> $ cat /etc/gdm/custom.conf
> # GDM configuration storage
>
> [daemon]
> # Uncoment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
> WaylandEnable=false

This only effects the login screen and does not effect the
usage of wayland after you log in.

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