Thinking about it a little more... this is happening becuase I have bash specific commands in one of my startup files. The gdm package is sourcing my startup files under sh.
I think therefor that the bug is with the gdm package. -- "shopt" xsession error upon login https://launchpad.net/bugs/60079 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
