actually, if "init" is not on the path we could either add /sbin to path in Xsession.d scripts, or fallback in Xsession.d to non-upstart managed user-session.
Even better we could simply merge sbin -> bin, as well as complete the /usr merge. =) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184878 Title: when upstart init the session jobs, it should be robust against environment changes (fallback?) Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: A file that is commonly modified is /etc/environment. If you remove the PATH line in this file, you can start a session upstart-less quite easily, and things will still work. PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games" However, if upstart manage your session, you can't log in (you will be rejected and going back to the greeter quickly). I thnk we should be more fortified against this pebkac issue, especially has we have no really good log for it to know what happened (nothing in lightdm or upstart logs rather than exiting the session and gnome-session logs were not there as it's not executed). What happens is: /usr/sbin/lightdm-session: 5: exec: init: not found in .xsession-errors. indeed, which init doesn't return anything as /sbin isn't in path. We should maybe hardcode /sbin/init in this script? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: upstart 1.8-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-2.7-generic 3.9.3 Uname: Linux 3.9.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 28 09:51:48 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-28 (364 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: Session UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.8) UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.8) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1184878/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
