Ubuntu
xdg-utils package

xdg-open does not properly detect Lubuntu session as LXDE session

Bug #917791 reported by voidvector
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

xdg-open does not properly detect Lubuntu session as LXDE session:

Lubuntu's $DESKTOP_SESSION variable is "Lubuntu", which is not accommodated in xdg-open script.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 17 13:28:01 2012
Dependencies:

InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xdg-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xdg-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
rememberthemer (adrian-m-benson) wrote :

This is an annoying bug that should be fixed. Many of the bugs in this list are versions of this

The solution is very simple

xdg-open 311: elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" = x"Lubuntu" ]; then DE=lxde;

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