Attach ~/.xsession-errors, or /var/log/syslog
```
Running X session wrapper
Loading /etc/profile
Loading /home/itsme/.profile
Loading resource: /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common
Loading xinit script /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/80xapp-gtk3-module.sh
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20dbus_xdg-runtime
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/itsme/.Xauthority
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20flatpak
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/35x11-common_xhost-local
localuser:itsme being added to access control list
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/40x11-common_xsessionrc
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50_check_unity_support
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55cinnamon-session_gnomerc
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55numlockx
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60x11-common_localhost
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60x11-common_xdg_path
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60xbrlapi
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/65flatpak
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70gconfd_path-on-session
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70im-config_launch
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90atk-adaptor
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90consolekit
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90gpg-agent
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90qt-a11y
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/95dbus_update-activation-env
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHELL=/usr/sbin/lightdm-session
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SESSION_MANAGER=local/dpcp:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2044,unix/dpcp:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2044
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting COLORTERM=truecolor
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-cinnamon:/etc/xdg
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_INC=/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/include/node
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANGUAGE=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT4_IM_MODULE=ibus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.mandatory.path
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting JAVA_HOME=/usr/java
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting actualProfile=/home/itsme/.profile
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_CURRENT_HOME=/home/itsme/.nvm/current
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_SESSION=cinnamon
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SSH_AGENT_PID=2612
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PWD=/home/itsme
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=cinnamon
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LOGNAME=itsme
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/itsme/.Xauthority
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/itsme
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting commonProfile=/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/bash-commons/common.profile
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDM_LANG=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting HOME=/home/itsme
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANG=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting VTE_VERSION=6003
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting customProfile=/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/custom.profile
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/2b715067_4889_4532_8e94_0e0ad17647bd
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=ibus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_DIR=/home/itsme/.nvm
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting dotfilesDir=/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting TERM=xterm-256color
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.default.path
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting USER=itsme
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.150
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHLVL=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_CD_FLAGS=
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID=101288fc2993380487164274644783743900000020440044
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PAPERSIZE=letter
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PS1=\[\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]$
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_COLLATE=C
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module:xapp-gtk3-module
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/itsme/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/share/gnome:/home/itsme/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/share/cinnamon:/home/itsme/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PATH=/usr/java/bin:/opt/gradle/bin:/home/itsme/texlive/*/bin/*linux*/:/home/itsme/.nvm/current/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/bin:/home/itsme/.local/bin:/usr/java/bin:/opt/gradle/bin:/home/itsme/texlive/*/bin/*linux*/:/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/bin:/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/bin:/home/itsme/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDMSESSION=cinnamon
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_BIN=/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/bin
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting _=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99mint
Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99x11-common_start
cinnamon-session[12490]: WARNING: t+0.00719s: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login.
```
Issue
lightdm-session is NOT A LOGIN SHELL, yet it still sources $HOME/.profile waaaaayyyy before it should be sourced, causing Xsession/Xorg/Wayland/everything to crash.
Use any custom dotfiles within $HOME/.profile that may or may not change how the OS operates, and watch the whole OS crash and burn (including Terminal, Update Manger, Driver Manger, and every single other native OS app).
Expected behaviour
Nothing to source $HOME/.profile except a live shell session AS IT SHOULD BE.
Other information
Why is a non-login process sourcing what should only be sourced by a login process?
I noticed this happened not during a Linux Mint upgrade, rather an Nvidia upgrade from nvidia-driver-470:amd64=470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 to nvidia-driver-470:amd64=470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2.
It's suposed to be a patch upgrade (assuming correct semver syntax), yet it broke my entire OS.
I'm assuming something in the update forced /usr/sbin/lightdm-session to source $HOME/.profile when it didn't used to do that before, and that's where the source of all my problems are coming.
Because of it, I have to manually edit that file (/usr/sbin/lightdm-session) in order for my OS to function at all.
i.e. Not the Update Manager, Terminal, Software Manager, Driver Manager, nor anything else works unless I delete $HOME/.profile from that file and reboot.
510.47.03 Driver Version: 510.47.03 CUDA Version: 11.6
Attach ~/.xsession-errors, or /var/log/syslog
``` Running X session wrapper Loading /etc/profile Loading /home/itsme/.profile Loading resource: /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common Loading xinit script /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/80xapp-gtk3-module.sh Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20dbus_xdg-runtime dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:0 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/itsme/.Xauthority Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20flatpak Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/35x11-common_xhost-local localuser:itsme being added to access control list Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/40x11-common_xsessionrc Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50_check_unity_support Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55cinnamon-session_gnomerc Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55numlockx Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60x11-common_localhost Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60x11-common_xdg_path Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60xbrlapi Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/65flatpak Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70gconfd_path-on-session Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70im-config_launch Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90atk-adaptor dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90consolekit Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90gpg-agent Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90qt-a11y dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/95dbus_update-activation-env dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHELL=/usr/sbin/lightdm-session dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SESSION_MANAGER=local/dpcp:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2044,unix/dpcp:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2044 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting COLORTERM=truecolor dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-cinnamon:/etc/xdg dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_INC=/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/include/node dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANGUAGE=en_US dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT4_IM_MODULE=ibus dbus-update-activation-environment: setting MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.mandatory.path dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting JAVA_HOME=/usr/java dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh dbus-update-activation-environment: setting actualProfile=/home/itsme/.profile dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_CURRENT_HOME=/home/itsme/.nvm/current dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_SESSION=cinnamon dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SSH_AGENT_PID=2612 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PWD=/home/itsme dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=cinnamon dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LOGNAME=itsme dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/itsme/.Xauthority dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/itsme dbus-update-activation-environment: setting commonProfile=/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/bash-commons/common.profile dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDM_LANG=en_US dbus-update-activation-environment: setting HOME=/home/itsme dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANG=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT=true dbus-update-activation-environment: setting VTE_VERSION=6003 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting customProfile=/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/custom.profile dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/2b715067_4889_4532_8e94_0e0ad17647bd dbus-update-activation-environment: setting CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=ibus dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_DIR=/home/itsme/.nvm dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user dbus-update-activation-environment: setting dotfilesDir=/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles dbus-update-activation-environment: setting TERM=xterm-256color dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=1 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.default.path dbus-update-activation-environment: setting USER=itsme dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.150 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:0 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHLVL=1 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_CD_FLAGS= dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_IM_MODULE=ibus dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID=101288fc2993380487164274644783743900000020440044 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PAPERSIZE=letter dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PS1=\[\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]$ dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_COLLATE=C dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module:xapp-gtk3-module dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/itsme/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/share/gnome:/home/itsme/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/share/cinnamon:/home/itsme/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PATH=/usr/java/bin:/opt/gradle/bin:/home/itsme/texlive/*/bin/*linux*/:/home/itsme/.nvm/current/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/bin:/home/itsme/.local/bin:/usr/java/bin:/opt/gradle/bin:/home/itsme/texlive/*/bin/*linux*/:/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/bin:/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/repositories/dotfiles/linux/bin:/home/itsme/bin:/home/itsme/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDMSESSION=cinnamon dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus dbus-update-activation-environment: setting NVM_BIN=/home/itsme/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/bin dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8 dbus-update-activation-environment: setting _=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99mint Loading X session script /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99x11-common_start cinnamon-session[12490]: WARNING: t+0.00719s: Could not get session id for session. Check that logind is properly installed and pam_systemd is getting used at login. ```Issue
lightdm-session
is NOT A LOGIN SHELL, yet it still sources$HOME/.profile
waaaaayyyy before it should be sourced, causing Xsession/Xorg/Wayland/everything to crash.See this commit for more details.
Steps to reproduce
Use any custom dotfiles within
$HOME/.profile
that may or may not change how the OS operates, and watch the whole OS crash and burn (including Terminal, Update Manger, Driver Manger, and every single other native OS app).Expected behaviour
Nothing to source
$HOME/.profile
except a live shell session AS IT SHOULD BE.Other information
nvidia-driver-470:amd64=470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
tonvidia-driver-470:amd64=470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
./usr/sbin/lightdm-session
to source$HOME/.profile
when it didn't used to do that before, and that's where the source of all my problems are coming./usr/sbin/lightdm-session
) in order for my OS to function at all.$HOME/.profile
from that file and reboot.Related:
Configuration info, if applicable
None; This is vanilla Linux Mint.