that looks similar to bug #1293629, are those settings the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP env variable?
** No longer affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: unity (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569357 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 - Unity desktop session broken when using non-LightDM as X Display Manager Status in lxdm package in Ubuntu: New Status in sddm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 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) 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxdm/+bug/1569357/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
