nope, I didn't edit /etc/profile, nor do I have a ~/.profile file, only ~/.bashrc
looking at it closely, it's the one from /etc/skel/.bashrc with a few aliases and env vars added, and a "set -o vi" I can't imagine that would trigger bash-specific behavior, but I dunno... -- "shopt" xsession error upon login https://launchpad.net/bugs/60079 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs