IMHO the simplest fix would just be to call it with full path, i. e. /sbin/upstart --user ... ?
-- 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/1435492 Title: Xsession crash after login (fix for #678421 breaks) Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: According to changelog.Debian from version 1.12.3 on lightdm is using "bash for the session to improve error handling" to fix #678421. Unfortunately this can break the session start up when the user sets the $PATH environment variable in ~/.bashrc. Then /sbin might no longer be in $PATH and /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99cadence-session-start won't find /sbin/upstart when calling "upstart --user" The mechanism is the following: 1. /usr/sbin/lightdm-session lines 37-42 source among others ~/.profile 2. The usual .profile of /etc/skel will source ~/.bashrc if the shell is Bash (and not /bin/sh) 3. ~/.bashrc (maybe) is setting $PATH without /sbin 4. upstart --user call fails as /sbin is not in $PATH Suggested solutions: * switch back to /bin/sh * make sure that /sbin is in $PATH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1435492/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
