$ uname -a Linux xx 4.15.0-23-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 18:02:16 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS |tr : '\n' /usr/share/xubuntu /usr/share/xfce4 /usr/local/share /usr/share /var/lib/snapd/desktop /usr/share <<<<< SECOND TIME $ echo $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS |tr : '\n' /etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu /etc/xdg /etc/xdg <<<<< SECOND TIME I have tried to repair startxfce4: $ diff -u /usr/bin/startxfce4 ~/temp/startxfce4 --- /usr/bin/startxfce4 2018-07-20 19:07:26.000000000 +0200 +++ /home/x/temp/startxfce4 2018-07-20 19:12:33.000000000 +0200 @@ -64,28 +64,12 @@ BASEDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xfce4" fi -if test "x$XDG_DATA_DIRS" = "x" -then - if test "x/usr/share" = "x/usr/local/share" -o "x/usr/share" = "x/usr/share"; then - XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share" - else - XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share" - fi -else - XDG_DATA_DIRS="$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/share" -fi +test -z "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" && XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share +x=":$XDG_DATA_DIRS:" && test "${x##*:/usr/share:*}" && XDG_DATA_DIRS="$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/share" export XDG_DATA_DIRS -if test "x$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" = "x" -then - if test "x/etc" = "x/etc"; then - XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" - else - XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg" - fi -else - XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:/etc/xdg" -fi +test -z "$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS" && XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" +x=":$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:" && test "${x##*:/etc/xdg:*}" && XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:/etc/xdg" export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS if test "x$DISPLAY" = "x" $ sudo cp ~/temp/startxfce4 /usr/bin/startxfce4 --rebooting-- O.K.: $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS |tr : '\n' /usr/share/xubuntu /usr/share/xfce4 /usr/local/share /usr/share /var/lib/snapd/desktop $ echo $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS |tr : '\n' /etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu /etc/xdg
Thank you for the report. Can you please provide a patch for the input file? https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/tree/scripts/startxfce4.in
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