Ubuntu
xorg-server package

Xsession error after upgrade xhost problem

Bug #340730 reported by Mike Basinger
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Bug Description

Logging into X errors out.

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/60x11-localhost: 4: Syntax error: Bad fd number

Discussion of problem here

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6872406

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Tommaso R. Donnarumma (tawmas) wrote :

Confirming.

line 4 of /etc/X11/Xsession.d/60x11-localhost reads:

    xhost +si:localuser:`id -un` >& /dev/null

Getting rid of the ampersand (&) makes it work:

    xhost +si:localuser:`id -un` > /dev/null

Changed in xorg-server:
status: New → Confirmed
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Geoff123 (gsking1) wrote :

Same problem here. Just did an update with the Upgrade Manager and rebooted. Was able to boot into Gnome using the gnome failsafe option and add this comment.

Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

Mike Basinger (mike.basinger)
Changed in xorg-server:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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