Public bug reported: upstart in user session manages environmental variables and most things have them, however Alt-f2 started proccesses lack them.
to test Super Key -> "xterm" -> Enter -> env | grep SSH vs Alt+F2 -> "xterm" -> Enter -> env | grep SSH via Super Key -> the environment is correct via Alt-F2 -> it is not I believe Alt+F2 code path should call into upstart dbus api to "list-env" and import that environment before executing the search result. ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu Utopic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - upstart user session variables are not in dbus activated processes + Super -> exec vs Alt-F2 -> exec have different environment -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1433013 Title: Super -> exec vs Alt-F2 -> exec have different environment Status in unity package in Ubuntu: New Status in unity-lens-applications package in Ubuntu: New Status in upstart package in Ubuntu: New Status in unity source package in Trusty: New Status in unity-lens-applications source package in Trusty: New Status in upstart source package in Trusty: New Status in unity source package in Utopic: New Status in unity-lens-applications source package in Utopic: New Status in upstart source package in Utopic: New Status in unity source package in Vivid: New Status in unity-lens-applications source package in Vivid: New Status in upstart source package in Vivid: New Bug description: upstart in user session manages environmental variables and most things have them, however Alt-f2 started proccesses lack them. to test Super Key -> "xterm" -> Enter -> env | grep SSH vs Alt+F2 -> "xterm" -> Enter -> env | grep SSH via Super Key -> the environment is correct via Alt-F2 -> it is not I believe Alt+F2 code path should call into upstart dbus api to "list-env" and import that environment before executing the search result. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1433013/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp