Sure, silently just ignoring is just as bad. I just think that, it's a mistake that shouldn't prevent you to login and start up everything.
The ~/.profile script can also easily be changed by non-experienced users (ones who may not know terminal that well). If that user doesn't get the session running then he'll be forced to use terminal. The ideal case I think would be: everything starts up and an relevant error message is displayed. I'm ok with scripts in /etc/.. preventing xsession to start as that requires sudo permissions (as sudo implies that caution must be taken). Essentially my POV is that if modifying a script doesn't require sudo permissions it should be relatively safe, meaning you should be still able to fix it from GUI interface. Of course practically it's impossible to do so, but it's a target to move towards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/678421 Title: Error in ~/.profile halts the X startup -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
