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my users exist on ldap and when they log on a machine I want them using gnome-session-flashback

what I've tried so far and hasn't worked

copy to skel a user folder after I made sure that user has gnome-session-flashback chosen by default ( choose flashback, enter, reboot, it has flashback prechosen )

this https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/session-user.html.en

in ubuntu 16.04 I did this in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf user-session=gnome-flashback-metacity I haven't found an equivalent in gnome/ubuntu 18.04

garlor
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user-session=gnome-flashback-metacity

Create new configuration file with above content and put it in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d. For more info you could read this.

muktupavels
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  • doing that is exactly what I described in my OP I did on ubuntu 16.04 with lightdm, my question is how to achieve the same with ubuntu's 18.04 gdm3 – garlor Mar 11 '19 at 07:23
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    Oh, sorry, I missed that you want that with `gdm`... Don't know answer for that. – muktupavels Mar 11 '19 at 07:53
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I try it in myself and successful.

sudo apt install lightdm
sudo apt remove gdm3
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -> [lightdm]

~check path, gnome-flashback-metacity
sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

* 0            /usr/lib/gnome-flashback/gnome-flashback-metacity   60        auto
  1            /usr/bin/gnome-session                                                               50        manual
  2            /usr/lib/gnome-flashback/gnome-flashback-metacity   60        auto

~auto setting, up priority of gnome-flashback-metacity
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager x-session-manager /usr/lib/gnome-flashback/gnome-flashback-metacity 60

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Jesse Stone
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