[X2Go-Dev] Bug#569: Bug#569: Cinnamon 1.4: Failed to load session "cinnamon2d"

[Michael DePaulo]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:18 AM, Mike Gabriel
> <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
>> Hi Mike#2
[...]
>>
>>
>> Can you provide a patch for x2goruncommand? Probably for x2goserver on
>> release/4.0.1.x branch?
>>
>> Mike
> [...]
>
> Yes, I plan to do so.
>
> 1st, I've been brainstorming what logic to implement for different
> versions of Cinnamon. For example, do I run apt or yum commands to
> check what version is installed? There are other packaging systems
> too.
>
> I think what is best is to run the 2D cinnamon session scripts in
> order from newest to latest, if they exist. This will be a simple
> script I can write quickly.

Correction: in order from newest to oldest

> 2.0 & 2.2: cinnamon-session-cinnamon2d
> 1.6 & 1.8: gnome-session-cinnamon2d
> 1.4: gnome-session-cinnamon
>
> I determined the versions' commands by browsing the .deb contents under here:
> http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/c/cinnamon/
>
> Do I still need to export DESKTOP_SESSION before calling the scripts?
> Those scripts do not export it, but x2goruncommand exports it before
> calling gnome-session.
>
> -Mike#2