i can confirm the solution mentioned in comment "From: Matthew Wang at 2006-08-05 14:55:35 CEST".
here is a `diff -Nru`patch: -- gnome-session fails when "alias ls='ls --color'" in .profile https://launchpad.net/bugs/48876 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
