Comment 3 for bug 1359332

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diff -Nru unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140417.1/data/55-unity8.conf unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140915/data/55-unity8.conf
--- unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140417.1/data/55-unity8.conf 2014-04-17 05:07:47.000000000 -0700
+++ unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140915/data/55-unity8.conf 2014-09-15 05:32:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 [SeatDefaults]
+user-session=unity8-mir
+unity-compositor-command=/usr/sbin/unity-system-compositor
 session-wrapper=lightdm-unity8-session
diff -Nru unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140417.1/data/lightdm-unity8-session unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140915/data/lightdm-unity8-session
--- unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140417.1/data/lightdm-unity8-session 2014-04-17 05:07:47.000000000 -0700
+++ unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140915/data/lightdm-unity8-session 2014-09-15 05:32:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # traditional X-based desktop session startup.
 #

-if test -z "$DISPLAY"; then
+if test -z "$DISPLAY" && [ $DESKTOP_SESSION != "unity8-mir-lxc" ]; then
   exec init --user
 else
   exec /usr/sbin/lightdm-session "$@"
diff -Nru unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140417.1/debian/changelog unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140915/debian/changelog
--- unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140417.1/debian/changelog 2014-09-18 13:49:23.000000000 -0700
+++ unity8-desktop-session-1.0.10+14.04.20140915/debian/changelog 2014-09-18 13:49:23.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+unity8-desktop-session (1.0.10+14.04.20140915-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low
+
+ [ Chris Townsend ]
+ * Add check to see if the Unity8 LXC session is not being started
+ before calling the init script. Also, add explicit call to
+ /usr/sbin/unity-system-compositor. (LP: #1359332)
+
+ -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:33:09 +0000
+
 unity8-desktop-session (1.0.10+14.04.20140417.1-0ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

   [ Michał Sawicz ]