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conda installed dbus-launch causes XFCE to fail to start #700

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johrstrom opened this issue Oct 19, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #942 · May be fixed by #4160
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conda installed dbus-launch causes XFCE to fail to start #700

johrstrom opened this issue Oct 19, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #942 · May be fixed by #4160
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area/ux bug Existing functionality not working as expected component/dashboard good first issue
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We've found that user aniconda installations can negatively affect the way desktops start up.

The issue is aniconda setting the PATH in a users ~/.bashrc such that xfce-session (or similar desktop libraries) use it's dbus-session instead of the system installed version. When this happens, there must be some compatibility issue because the session fails to start, but only gives a generic message like Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-abc123.

So I think an easy enough solution is to modify this line

ondemand/apps/bc_desktop/template/desktops/xfce.sh

Line 40 in 583a955

xfce4-session

to
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH xfce-session
to ensure that a system installed binary will be the first to be found.
@johrstrom johrstrom added bug Existing functionality not working as expected component/dashboard area/ux labels Oct 19, 2020
@oscwiag oscwiag added this to the Needs Triaged milestone Oct 19, 2020
@johrstrom johrstrom modified the milestones: Needs Triaged, Backlog Oct 23, 2020
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@johrstrom johrstrom modified the milestones: Backlog, OOD2.0 Feb 22, 2021
@johrstrom johrstrom changed the title force PATH for desktops conda installed dbus-launch causes XFCE to fail to start Mar 12, 2021
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I need to reopen this because it persists even now as I try to use MATE desktops at OSC.

@johrstrom johrstrom reopened this Feb 17, 2025
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eval dbus-launch OSC/ondemand
set the PATH so that dbus-launch comes from the OS OSC/ondemand
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