Originally Posted by
DozerLink
using ubuntu 8.04
hey all, today all of a sudden I couldnt get past the log in screen, the last thing I seem to remember doing was one of the updates to the OS. Anyway, here is the error I get:
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
export: 30: DR.: bad variable name
anyone know how I can restore the Xsession file to what it should be or what else I might need to do? Ill also post my Xsession file here jic it helps. Not sure if it will or not but hey who knows? Not me:
#!/bin/sh
#
# This is SORT OF LIKE an X session, but not quite. You get a command as the
# first argument (it could be multiple words, so run it with "eval"). As a
# special case, the command can be:
# failsafe - Run an xterm only
# default - Run the appropriate Xclients startup (see the code below)
# custom - Run ~/.xsession and if that's not available run 'default'
#
# (Note that other arguments could also follow, but only the command one is
# right now relevant and supported)
#
# The output is ALREADY redirected to .xsession-errors in GDM. This way
# .xsession-errors actually gets more output such as if the PreSession script
# is failing. This also prevents DoS attacks if some app in the users session
# can be prodded to dump lots of stuff on the stdout/stderr. We wish to be
# robust don't we? In case you wish to use an existing script for other DM's,
# you can just not redirect when GDMSESSION is set. GDMSESSION will always
# be set from gdm.
#
# Also note that this is not run as a login shell, this is just executed.
#
# based on:
# $XConsortium: Xsession /main/10 1995/12/18 18:21:28 gildea $
PROGNAME=Xsession
message () {
# pretty-print messages of arbitrary length; use xmessage if it
# is available and $DISPLAY is set
MESSAGE="$PROGNAME: $*"
echo "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} >&2
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
if [ -n "$zenity" ]; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "$MESSAGE"`"
elif [ -n "$xmessage" ]; then
echo "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} | $xmessage -center -file -
fi
fi
}
message_nonl () {
# pretty-print messages of arbitrary length (no trailing newline); use
# xmessage if it is available and $DISPLAY is set
MESSAGE="$PROGNAME: $*"
echo -n "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} >&2;
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
if [ -n "$zenity" ]; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "$MESSAGE"`"
elif [ -n "$xmessage" ]; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "$MESSAGE"`"
elif [ -n "$xmessage" ]; then
echo -n "$MESSAGE" | fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} | $xmessage -center -file -
fi
fi
}
errormsg () {
# exit script with error
message "$*"
exit 1
}
internal_errormsg () {
# exit script with error; essentially a "THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN" message
# One big call to message() for the sake of xmessage; if we had two then
# the user would have dismissed the error we want reported before seeing the
# request to report it.
errormsg "$*" \
"Please report the installed version of the \"xfree86-common\"" \
"package and the complete text of this error message to" \
"<debian-x@lists.debian.org>."
}
run_parts () {
# until run-parts --noexec is implemented
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
internal_errormsg "run_parts() called without an argument."
fi
if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
internal_errormsg "run_parts() called, but \"$1\" does not exist or is" \
"not a directory."
fi
for F in $(ls $1); do
if expr "$F" : '[[:alnum:]_-]\+$' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
if [ -f "$1/$F" ]; then
echo "$1/$F"
fi
fi
done
}
# initialize variables for use by all session scripts
OPTIONFILE=/etc/X11/Xsession.options
SYSRESOURCES=/etc/X11/Xresources
USRRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xresources
SYSSESSIONDIR=/etc/X11/Xsession.d
USERXSESSION=$HOME/.xsession
SYSSESSIONDIR=/etc/X11/Xsession.d
USERXSESSION=$HOME/.xsession
USERXSESSIONRC=$HOME/.xsessionrc
ALTUSERXSESSION=$HOME/.Xsession
# this will go into the .xsession-errors along with all other echo's
# good for debugging where things went wrong
echo "$0: Beginning session setup..."
# First read /etc/profile and .profile
test -f /etc/profile && . /etc/profile
test -f "$HOME/.profile" && . "$HOME/.profile"
# Second read /etc/xprofile and .xprofile for X specific setup
test -f /etc/xprofile && . /etc/xprofile
test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile"
# Translation stuff
if [ -x "/usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate" ] ; then
gdmtranslate="/usr/lib/gdm/gdmtranslate"
else
gdmtranslate=
fi
# Note that this should only go to zenity dialogs which always expect utf8
gettextfunc () {
if [ "x$gdmtranslate" != "x" ] ; then
"$gdmtranslate" --utf8 "$1"
else
echo "$1"
fi
}
zenity=`which zenity 2>/dev/null`
xmessage=`which xmessage 2>/dev/null`
command="$1"
if [ -z "$command" ] ; then
command=failsafe
fi
if [ x"$command" = xfailsafe ] ; then
if [ -n "$zenity" ] ; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "This is the failsafe xterm session. Windows now have focus only if you have your cursor above them. To get out of this mode type 'exit' in the window in the upp$
else
echo "$0: Starting the failsafe xterm session."
fi
exec xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0
fi
fi
# clean up after xbanner
freetemp=`which freetemp 2>/dev/null`
if [ -n "$freetemp" ] ; then
"$freetemp"
fi
usermodmap="$HOME/.Xmodmap"
userxkbmap="$HOME/.Xkbmap"
if [ -f "$userxkbmap" ]; then
setxkbmap `cat "$userxkbmap"`
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi
# xkb and xmodmap don't play nice together
if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ]; then
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
fi
unset XKB_IN_USE
# if GDM_LANG isn't first in LANGUAGE, then unset it.
if [ -n "$GDM_LANG" ]; then
if [ -n "$LANGUAGE" ]; then
if echo "$LANGUAGE" | grep -q -- "^$GDM_LANG"; then
:
else
unset LANGUAGE
fi
fi
fi
# The default Debian session runs xsession first, so we just do that for
# "custom"
if [ "x$command" = "xcustom" ] ; then
shift
set default $*
fi
# use run-parts to source every file in the session directory; we source
# instead of executing so that the variables and functions defined above
# are available to the scripts, and so that they can pass variables to each
# other
SESSIONFILES=$(run_parts $SYSSESSIONDIR)
if [ -n "$SESSIONFILES" ]; then
for SESSIONFILE in $SESSIONFILES; do
if [ -n "$SESSIONFILES" ]; then
for SESSIONFILE in $SESSIONFILES; do
. $SESSIONFILE
done
fi
echo "$0: Executing $command failed, will try to run x-terminal-emulator"
if [ -n "$zenity" ] ; then
"$zenity" --info --text "`gettextfunc "I could not start your session and so I have started the failsafe xterm session. Windows now have focus only if you have your cursor above them. To get out $
fi
exec x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+0+0
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