can't see value of DESKTOP related XDG environment variables from remote machine

Asked Dec 02 '17 at 14:09

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When I run echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP or $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP I can see values on my Linux machine.
When I run same commands on my machine from remote machine showing empty results.

IMO, those variables are set only for its session. How to get which desktop environment is running on the remote machine?

I was developing an application that has a feature to check which desktop environment is running on Linux machine.

Tried (getting empty results):

bash -c "echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"

source ~/.profile && echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP

asked Dec 02 '17 at 14:09

Linux is a multi-user OS - there may be many desktop sessions running "on" it – steeldriver Dec 02 '17 at 14:17
pa4080 wrote a great script for that, see the above linked question. – dessert Dec 02 '17 at 14:25
I have tried above script. Getting same EMPTY RESULT
`./find-DE.sh

user: root

uid: 0

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP:

GDMSESSION: `

DESKTOP_SESSION:
– Zubaidullo Niimatullo uulu Dec 02 '17 at 14:42
I take it you also already tried everything in https://askubuntu.com/q/72549/507051? – dessert Dec 02 '17 at 14:54
result: Desktop:
Session:
– Zubaidullo Niimatullo uulu Dec 02 '17 at 14:55
The XDG... vairables are set by the GUI session that the user runs underneath. When you access the "Remote Machine", you're not running a GUI on the "Remote Machine", so those variables should NOT be defined for your process. – waltinator Dec 05 '17 at 22:14
@waltinator thanks, any solution? How to know which desktop env. is running there? – Zubaidullo Niimatullo uulu Dec 06 '17 at 07:57

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