/usr/sbin/lightdm-session is a script executed with /bin/sh (see shebang line "#!/bin/sh"). It sources $HOME/.profile (and some others), not $HOME/.bash_profile.
So things specific to bash and not in sh are not recognized, for example: if [[ "$x" == "yes " || "$y" != "no" ]] then fi must be written: if [ "$x" == "yes" -o "$y" != "no" ] then fi Another way to overide this is to modify /usr/sbin/lightdm-session: replace "/bin/sh" by "/bin/bash" Everything wich is good for sh is good for bash (but not the opposite). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/962270 Title: /usr/sbin/lightdm-session: 34: [: Linux: unexpected operator Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I guess my .bash_profile isn't being executed with bash? I get this in the first few lines of my .xsession-errors file: /usr/sbin/lightdm-session: 34: [: Linux: unexpected operator /usr/sbin/lightdm-session: 53: /home/barry/.bash_profile: source: not found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/962270/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
