This bug was fixed in the package upstart - 1.13.2-0ubuntu12
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upstart (1.13.2-0ubuntu12) vivid; urgency=medium
* debian/xsession.d/99upstart:
Don't assume that /sbin is in $PATH when calling upstart
(LP: #1435492).
-- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunna...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:48:00 +0100
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
Xsession.d script assumes that /sbin is in $PATH
Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
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
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