Public bug reported:
1) Ubuntu release : 12.04 LTS 64 bits
2) Application : startup procedure (package unknown )
3) What should happen :
When a .desktop file used in autostart (located in /etc/xdg/autostart/
or ~./config/autostart/) is corrupt, it should be skipped and session
startup should continue.
4) What happens :
Session does not start (freeze).
Impossible to open ANY session from session manager (lightDM).
5) Détails :
I altered one of the .desktop file located in /etc/xdg/autostart/ in the
purpose of having it start only in certain environment.
I edited the desktop file, adding two lines :
OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;
AutostartCondition=GNOME if-session gnome-fallback
Note the error on the second line it should be (?)
AutostartCondition=GNOME3 if-session gnome-fallback
After that no session did open. I had to remove the .desktop file from
another OS.
6) How to reproduce :
Test case included for clipit application, to be copied in /etc/xdg/autostart
with correct permissions.
Clipit should have been installed and launched once, before replacing its
startup file with the one included, in order to reproduce the same conditions.
WARNING : make sure you can delete the file accessing it from another OS
as you will not be able to start a session. (Or have another way to
bypass the session startup)
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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malformed autostart .desktop file prevents session opening
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