KDM: Your saved session type 'Xsession' is not valid any more.\nPlease select a new one, otherwise 'default' will be used.

[Andrew Kar]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:15 am, Erik wrote:
> Then it is a bug.
>
> > That seems to be the problem here.
> >
> > I suggest that you try using the menu on the login dialog to choose
> > KDE and see if that fixes the problem.  If you are using auto login,
> > hit <Ctrl><Alt><Backspace> as soon as you see the X cursor to get to
> > the login screen.
>
> I selected KDE 3.3.2 from the session menu, logged in and logged out
> again, but after that there was still no menu option for Xsession there,
> so the problem is not solved. This causes problems because
> /etc/X11/Sessions/Xsession contains important code like:
> if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ]; then
>     if [ -f "$rh6sysmodmap" ]; then
>        xmodmap "$rh6sysmodmap"
>     fi
>
>     if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then
>        xmodmap "$sysmodmap"
>     fi


Your  /etc/X11/Sessions/Xsession file is still there because there is nothing 
wrong with it and I have absolutely no doubt that it still runs every time 
you log in otherwise you would surely know it.
As to the disappearing Xsession in the kdm session list arer you sure that you 
*ever* had a file called Xsession there?  When KDE saves a custom session it 
is called "custom" and apart from that I have only seen 
kde,gnome,failsafe,default xfce4 etc but never have I seen an Xsession in 
there. Its possible that I am in an alternative universe though... or else 
haven't been particularly observant because I dont generally save sessions.

I think you may be confusing Xsession file with the generic term Xsession 
meaning a session in X.  If you logged in as a 2nd KDE user, saved a session 
and/or had a crash the saved session could have been corrupted or lost 
resulting in such a message. A session generally means a desktop with a 
couple opened apps that you want it to start again next time.

As I said I could be wrong but I have never had a session called Xsession in 
kdm in Suse9.2 or FC3 that I just tried here.

-- 
regards,
andrew
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