id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component resolution keywords cc fix_version see_also 1110 More robust dotfiles jdreed "Currently, if you screw up your PATH, the behavior is kind of terrible. You log in, and then the machine reboots. I see some potential solutions here: 1) In Xsession.debathena or somewhere early enough the process (/usr/lib/init/xsession maybe?) look at PATH and see if it contains /usr/bin. If not, append it (and possibly yell at the user). 2) Decide that Debian Policy of never specifying full paths to binaries is stupid, and ignore it. 3) The reboot code should throw up a Zenity dialog for 10 seconds or so that says ""This failed catastrophically. If it happened at login time, fix your dotfiles.""" defect closed normal Precise Release -- fixed