Public bug reported:
When there is an error in e.g. ~/.profile or /etc/profile, a zenity
warning dialog is shown at login which calls the user's attention to the
error. The error message should also be appended to ~/.xsession-errors,
but currently it's not.
Changing the line
cat "$ERR" >>/dev/stderr
in /usr/sbin/lightdm-session to
cat "$ERR" >&2
fixes it. (It used to work in trusty, but not any longer, so in part it
appears to be some SRU regression.)
Since possible error messages are shown in the zenity dialog, I don't
think this is important enough to backport. Prepared an MP for zesty.
** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Low
Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
Status: In Progress
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639533
Title:
Failure to update ~/.xsession-errors
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Bug description:
When there is an error in e.g. ~/.profile or /etc/profile, a zenity
warning dialog is shown at login which calls the user's attention to
the error. The error message should also be appended to ~/.xsession-
errors, but currently it's not.
Changing the line
cat "$ERR" >>/dev/stderr
in /usr/sbin/lightdm-session to
cat "$ERR" >&2
fixes it. (It used to work in trusty, but not any longer, so in part
it appears to be some SRU regression.)
Since possible error messages are shown in the zenity dialog, I don't
think this is important enough to backport. Prepared an MP for zesty.
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