Xsession missing from GDM

[Ambush Commander]

This is a continuation of http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1299248

The relevant bugs are:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/gdm/+bug/398300
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589544

I am trying to cook up a workaround, but haven't been having much luck. Anyone else?

[Ambush Commander]

Aha, I got it to work. Add a file named "Xsessions.desktop" to /usr/share/Xsessions with the contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Xsession
Comment=This runs ~/.xsession
Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession