X.Org X server

Xsession fails silently if a directory exists in /etc/X11/Xsession.d

Bug #661942 reported by Olivier Mengué on 2010-10-16

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
X.Org X server	New	Undecided	Unassigned
fglrx	New	Undecided	Unassigned
xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

How to reproduce:
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70foo

Now any login attempt from gdm fails.

I discovered this problem because the 'fglrx' package (ATI proprietary video driver), probably from an old version of Ubuntu, created a directory /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70fglrx_32bit_dri. The directory was still there after the Lucid->Maverick upgrade even if fglrx was uninstalled in a previous upgrade.

I appears that this directory was not a problem in previous version of xorg (such as Ubuntu Lucid), so this is a recent change in Xsession for Maverick.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: x11-common 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 17 01:03:56 2010
MachineType: LENOVO 8744HDG
PackageArchitecture: all
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=fr_FR.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

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Olivier Mengué (dolmen) wrote on 2010-10-16:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (61.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DRM.card0.DVI.I.1.txt Edit (107 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (713 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (464 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (778 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (242 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (107.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (242.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (39.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (37.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (16.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (288 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (57.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

description:

updated

Olivier Mengué (dolmen) on 2010-10-16

description:

updated

Olivier Mengué (dolmen) on 2010-10-16

summary:	- Xsession breaks if a directory exists in /etc/X11/Xsession.d + Xsession stops if a directory exists in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
summary:	- Xsession stops if a directory exists in /etc/X11/Xsession.d + Xsession stops silently if a directory exists in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
summary:	- Xsession stops silently if a directory exists in /etc/X11/Xsession.d + Xsession fails silently if a directory exists in /etc/X11/Xsession.d

Olivier Mengué (dolmen) on 2010-10-16

description:	updated
description:	updated
description:	updated

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-11-04

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)

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Olivier Mengué (dolmen) wrote on 2011-02-17:

Bryce: the bug is not (only) in xserver-xorg-video-ati.

The Xsession program should not fail in the case reported.

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bugbot (bugbot) wrote on 2011-04-28:

Hey Olivier,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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bugbot (bugbot) wrote on 2011-05-13:

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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