Public bug reported: Put some random stuff in (in fact for fsck did this for me):
echo "dklsjf ksakjdhas hldslfkljhkljs(" > /home/$USER/.gnupg/gpg-agent- info-$(hostname) Then login in gdm, the screen flashes and this is the log in ./.cache/gdm/session.log: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... localuser:matteo being added to access control list localuser:matteo being added to access control list Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. /etc/gdm/Xsession: 1: /home/matteo/.gnupg/gpg-agent-info-pecetta: Syntax error: "(" unexpected A similar error occurs in lightdm. ** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Put some random stuff in (in fact for fsck did this for me): - echo "dklsjf ksakjdhas hldslfkljhkljs(" > /home/matteo/.gnupg/gpg-agent- + echo "dklsjf ksakjdhas hldslfkljhkljs(" > /home/$USER/.gnupg/gpg-agent- info-$(hostname) Then login in gdm, the screen flashes and this is the log in ./.cache/gdm/session.log: /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... localuser:matteo being added to access control list localuser:matteo being added to access control list Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. /etc/gdm/Xsession: 1: /home/matteo/.gnupg/gpg-agent-info-pecetta: Syntax error: "(" unexpected A similar error occurs in lightdm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086743 Title: gdm fails starting a session if gpg-agent-info-$(hostname) is malformed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1086743/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs