UPDATE: also reproducible on LXDM. I've mark all possibly relevant
packages.
** Summary changed:
- Ubuntu 16.04 - Unity DE broken when using non-LightDM as X Display Manager
+ Ubuntu 16.04 - Unity desktop session broken when using non-LightDM as X
Display Manager
** Description changed:
As title, you'll only see your desktop file icons, no launcher and
status bar are displayed.
- You can only reproduce this issue if you choose to use SDDM as the default X
display manager(e.g. LightDM has no this issue)
+ You can only reproduce this issue if you choose to use SDDM as the default X
display manager(e.g. LightDM has no this issue)
UPDATE: Not only SDDM! Currently most non-LightDM I tested has the same
issue.
+
+ * SDDM: reproduced
+ * GDM3: not even launch-able on my system so can't verify
+ * LXDM: reproduced
This issue doesn't exist in Ubuntu 15.10, only in 16.04
## Workaround ##
* Switch to LightDM
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: sddm 0.13.0-1ubuntu5
Uname: Linux 4.5.0-buo-ren-vanilla-intel-ivybridge-optimized x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 12 20:17:23 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-07 (95 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: sddm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-07 (4 days ago)
** Also affects: lxdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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