Errors in gdm-x-session indicate outdate startup scripts

Bug #2049016 reported by Nat!
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Bug Description

Output in journalctl (I didn't touch any of the files, were problems are reported):

```
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40432]: /usr/bin/prime-supported: 38: cannot create /var/log/prime-supported.log: Permission denied
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40430]: /sbin/prime-offload: 29: cannot create /var/log/prime-offload.log: Permission denied
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40433]: /etc/gdm3/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40440]: localuser:root being added to access control list
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40445]: xrdb: colon missing on line 14, ignoring line
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40449]: localuser:nat being added to access control list
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40452]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/955/bus
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40452]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:1
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40452]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/run/user/955/gdm/Xauthority
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40456]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources: Zeile 16: has_option: Befehl nicht gefunden
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40459]: localuser:nat being added to access control list
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40476]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch: Zeile 9: has_option: Befehl nicht gefunden
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40478]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40486]: dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
Jan 11 11:46:55 peschel /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[40488]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent: Zeile 9: has_option: Befehl nicht gefunden
```

My system:

```
           .-/+oossssoo+/-. nat@peschel
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:` -----------
      -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+- OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS x86_64
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Kernel: 6.2.0-39-generic
   /ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/ Uptime: 31 mins
  +ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+ Packages: 3020 (dpkg)
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/ Shell: bash 5.1.16
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Resolution: 3440x1440
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ DE: GNOME 42.9
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso WM: Mutter
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso WM Theme: Adwaita
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ Theme: Yaru [GTK2/3]
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Icons: breeze [GTK2/3]
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/ Terminal: gnome-terminal
  +sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+ CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X (64) @ 3.700GHz
   /ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Memory: 3151MiB / 128646MiB
      -+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+-
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.
```
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-07-15 (544 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
Package: gdm3 42.0-1ubuntu7.22.04.3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-39.40~22.04.1-generic 6.2.16
Tags: jammy
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-39-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom davfs2 dip docker libvirt lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
mtime.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf: 2024-01-11T11:46:29.611234

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 2049016

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

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Nat! (mulle-nat) wrote : Dependencies.txt

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tags: added: apport-collected jammy
description: updated
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Nat! (mulle-nat) wrote : ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

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Nat! (mulle-nat) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

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Nat! (mulle-nat) wrote : modified.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf.txt

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

I feel like this should be multiple separate bugs. One of them is bug 1922414.

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