Note that the profile is sourced at the top of /usr/sbin/lightdm- session, and the bottom of lightdm-session runs everything in /etc/X11/Xsession.d. The final file is 99x11-common_start, which is exec $STARTUP. Thus this never returns to the exec in lightdm-session. Since 99upstart (from upstart package, so pretty much always present) smashes STARTUP to "init --user", the X session is actually started by upstart-- which does not pass through the environment so carefully established in lightdm-session (see "Job environment" in init(5)).
Consensus on askubuntu ( http://askubuntu.com/search?q=profile.d ) seems to be "a graphical login shell is not a login shell," which basically requires the treatment of every new terminal window as a new "login shell" if there's to be a rational environment in there. If this was ever considered a bug, it appears to have reverted now. I've been digging through this specifically on Xubuntu 14.04, but again, the players involved seem to be pretty deep in the stack. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794315 Title: lightdm forgets to source /etc/profile and ~/.profile Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “lightdm” package in Debian: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: lightdm /etc/gdm/Xsession had this code: # First read /etc/profile and .profile test -f /etc/profile && . /etc/profile test -f "$HOME/.profile" && . "$HOME/.profile" # Second read /etc/xprofile and .xprofile for X specific setup test -f /etc/xprofile && . /etc/xprofile test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile" so that, for example, ~/bin gets added to the path (by the default ~/.profile), and any user-customized environment setup gets run. After switching from gdm to lightdm, this no longer happens. This is going to be a regression now that lightdm is becoming the default display manager. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: lightdm 0.3.7-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jun 7 19:27:11 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/794315/+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
