** Attachment added: "test case" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994755/+attachment/3130535/+files/clipit-startup.desktop
** Description changed: - 1) Ubuntu release : 12.04 LTS + 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) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994755 Title: malformed autostart .desktop file prevents session opening To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/994755/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
