Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
On /etc/gdm/Xsession i see the following:
if [ -d /etc/X11/Xsession.d ]; then
for i in `ls /etc/X11/Xsession.d/` ; do
if [ -r "/etc/X11/Xsession.d/$i" ] && expr "$i" : '^[[:alnum:]_-]\+$' >
/dev/null; then
. "/etc/X11/Xsession.d/$i"
fi
done
fi
so that the files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d are read.
However
1) The following variables are not set:
SYSRESOURCES=/etc/X11/Xresources
USRRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xresources
SYSSESSIONDIR=/etc/X11/Xsession.d
USERXSESSION=$HOME/.xsession
USERXSESSIONRC=$HOME/.xsessionrc
ALTUSERXSESSION=$HOME/.Xsession
ERRFILE=$HOME/.xsession-errors
but they are used by the scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
they are set by /etc/X11/Xsession, so a workaround would be to source
this file rather than the script in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
2) the script in /etc/gdm continues with
if [ "x$command" = "xcustom" ] ; then
if [ -x "$HOME/.xsession" ]; then
command="$HOME/.xsession"
else
echo "$0: Cannot find ~/.xsession will try the default session"
command="default"
fi
fi
...
But this will never be called, because the sourced file
Numenor /etc/gdm $ cat /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99x11-common_start
# $Id: 99x11-common_start 305 2005-07-03 18:51:43Z dnusinow $
# This file is sourced by Xsession(5), not executed.
exec $STARTUP
will exec $STARTUP so that the rest of the gdm script after sourcing the
scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
are not read. I understand this as a fallback in case nothing is launched by
/etc/X11/Xsession.d, but this should be commented, I have the impression the
maintenair expect the rest of the script to be read.
(This is a regression compared to jaunty, see bug #229199)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 30 19:38:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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/etc/gdm/Xsession does not call /etc/X11/Xsession
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465349
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