{"id":45910,"date":"2024-03-23T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T12:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45910"},"modified":"2025-01-13T07:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T07:02:31","slug":"enlightenment-xorg-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/03\/enlightenment-xorg-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"[Quick Fix] Enlightenment Xorg Session is Missing in Ubuntu 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After installed Enlightenment desktop in Ubuntu 24.04, the classic Xorg session is missing from the login screen. And, here’s a quick fix for it.<\/p>\n

Enlightenment released version 0.26.0 last year with experimental Wayland session support. Which is however missing the Xorg session in the login screen due to bug.<\/p>\n

UPDATE Jan 2025: The Ubuntu package seems already fixed the issue by renaming the wayland session entry to enlightenment-wayland.desktop<\/code><\/b><\/p>\n

Why the Enlightenment Xorg Session is missing<\/h3>\n

Ubuntu now finds the desktop sessions from both \/usr\/share\/wayland-sessions\/<\/code> and \/usr\/share\/xsessions\/<\/code> directories. And, the former one has higher priority!<\/p>\n

Enlightenment 0.26.0 installs its session entries in both directories with same name. In the case, only the one for Wayland is in active, while another for Xorg is ignored and hidden from login screen.<\/p>\n

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Ubuntu 24.04 missing Enlightenment on Xorg<\/p><\/div>\n

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To fix the issue, simply re-name the\u00a0enlightenment.desktop<\/code> file under \/usr\/share\/xsessions\/<\/code>, to make it different to the one under \/usr\/share\/wayland-sessions\/<\/code> directory.<\/b><\/p>\n

Single command to re-name the session entry<\/h3>\n

For those who are familiar with Linux command, simply press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal.<\/p>\n

Then run command:<\/p>\n

cd \/usr\/share\/xsessions\/ && sudo cp enlightenment.desktop enlightenment-xorg.desktop<\/pre>\n
It navigates to the \/usr\/share\/xsessions\/<\/code> folder, than copy enlightenment.desktop<\/code> and paste it to enlightenment-xorg.desktop<\/code>.<\/p>\n
After that, you may run ls<\/code> command to verify the new file:<\/p>\n
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When done, just log out, select your username in login screen and click bottom right gear button to select “Enlightenment” for Xorg session.<\/p>\n
Use Text Editor to create Xorg session entry with another name<\/h3>\n
For the default GNOME desktop, you may search for and open a “text editor” window from overview screen.<\/p>\n
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Then, create new empty document (if it does not open one), and paste following lines into it (the content below is copied from \/usr\/share\/xsessions\/enlightenment.desktop<\/i> file):<\/p>\n
[Desktop Entry]\r\nType=XSession\r\nName=Enlightenment on Xorg\r\nName[ca]=Enlightenment\r\nName[de]=Enlightenment\r\nName[el]=Enlightenment\r\nName[eo]=Enlightenment\r\nName[fi]=Enlightenment\r\nName[fr]=Enlightenment\r\nName[gl]=Enlightenment\r\nName[ja]=Enlightenment\r\nName[ko]=Enlightenment\r\nName[ms]=Enlightenment\r\nName[pl]=Enlightenment\r\nName[ru]=Enlightenment\r\nName[sr]=\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0435\u045b\u0435\u045a\u0435\r\nName[tr]=Enlightenment\r\nComment=Log in using Enlightenment (Version 0.26.0)\r\nComment[ca]=Iniciar sessi\u00f3 amb Enlightenment (Versi\u00f3 0.26.0)\r\nComment[da]=Log ind med Enlightenment (Version 0.26.0)\r\nComment[de]=Anmelden und Enlightenment verwenden (Version 0.26.0)\r\nComment[el]=\u0395\u03af\u03c3\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf Enlightenment (\u0388\u03ba\u03b4\u03bf\u03c3\u03b7 0.26.0)\r\nComment[eo]=Ensaluti pere de Enlightenment (Versio 0.26.0)\r\nComment[es]=Iniciar sesi\u00f3n usando Enlightenment (Versi\u00f3n 0.26.0)\r\nComment[fi]=Kirjaudu k\u00e4ytt\u00e4en Enlightenmenti\u00e4 (versio 0.26.0)\r\nComment[fr]=Ouvrir une session Enlightenment (Version 0.26.0)\r\nComment[gl]=Iniciar sesi\u00f3n usando Enlightenment (Versi\u00f3n 0.26.0)\r\nComment[it]=Accedi con Enlightenment (Versione 0.26.0)\r\nComment[ko]=Enlightenment \ub85c\uadf8\uc778(\ubc84\uc804 0.26.0)\r\nComment[ms]=Daftar masuk menggunakan Enligtenment (Versi 0.26.0)\r\nComment[pt]=Iniciar sess\u00e3o no Enlightenment (Vers\u00e3o 0.26.0)\r\nComment[ru]=\u0412\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0438 \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u044f Enlightenment (\u0412\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u044f 0.26.0)\r\nComment[sr]=\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0458\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0448\u045b\u0435\u045a\u0435 \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0432\u0435\u045b\u0435\u045a\u0430 (\u0438\u0437\u0434\u0430\u045a\u0430 0.26.0)\r\nComment[tr]=Enlightenment kullanarak giri\u015f ya\u0131n (Version 0.26.0)\r\nIcon=\/usr\/share\/enlightenment\/data\/images\/enlightenment.png\r\nTryExec=\/usr\/bin\/enlightenment_start\r\nExec=\/usr\/bin\/enlightenment_start\r\nDesktopNames=Enlightenment<\/pre>\n
Next, either press Ctrl+Shift+S or go to menu and click “Save As” option.<\/p>\n
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In the pop-up “Save As” dialog, name to file to enlightenment-xorg.desktop<\/b> and save it to \/usr\/share\/xsessions\/<\/code> directory, finally click Save.<\/p>\n
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That’s it. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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