Can't create custom entry in GDM login screen

[Leaphorn]

Dear all,

I would like to create a custom desktop session to login into via gdm session entry. I did DuckDuckGo'ed for a solution and found something on the Arch Wiki that sounded reasonable enough. However, so far I was unfortunately not successful. Maybe someone here can tell me what I'm missing. I want to create a custom session running compiz with the Budgie desktop, so I did:

1) create a file /usr/share/xsessions/budgie-compiz.desktop:

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> cat /usr/share/xsessions/budgie-compiz.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Budgie Desktop (Compiz)
Comment=This session logs you into the Budgie Desktop using the Compiz WM
Exec=gnome-session --session=budgie-compiz
TryExec=/usr/bin/budgie-desktop --session=budgie-compiz
Icon=
Type=Application
DesktopNames=Budgie;GNOME

2) create gnome session file:

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> cat /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/budgie-compiz.session 
[GNOME Session]
Name=Budgie Compiz Session
Name[de_DE]=Budgie Compiz Session
Name[en_GB]=Budgie Compiz Session
Name[en_US]=Budgie Compiz Session
Name[uk]=Budgie Compiz Session
RequiredComponents=budgie-wm;gnome-settings-daemon;budgie-daemon;budgie-panel;budgie-polkit;compiz;
DesktopName=Budgie Compiz Desktop

3) after rebooting the machine / restarting gdm I expected to see my Budgie Compiz entry in the session menu. But alas nothing changed.
So I cannot even try if the file content is correct.

I also tried to remove one of the (other) entries by renaming the corresponding .session and .desktop file but the session still appears.

Is there something else I need to do somewhere else?

Thanks and Cheers!