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I have been trying to solve this problem for over a month now, so of course I have tried all the 3 common solutions which are all over the internet. I think I am getting close and my problem resembles this particular problem: another login loop problem

This is my .xsession-errors file:

/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 24: mktemp: command not found
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 29: : No such file or directory
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 33: cat: command not found
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 34: truncate: command not found
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 29: : No such file or directory
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 33: cat: command not found
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 34: truncate: command not found
/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 106: ls: command not found

Following is the output of grep -H PATH ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login and echo $PATH and type gnome-session:

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notice: no such file or directory for bash_profile and bash_login.

I think the problem has got something to do with my path variable? I am just not sure.

Also, I just started seeing this new error after a recent reboot: 

/usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 117: exec: gnome-session: not found
Zanna
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  • Ubuntu does not have bash_profile` orbash_login- that's perfectly normal. Please don't post pictures of your terminal - just paste the text into your question and format it as code. I think your path is missing/bin. Where did you set your path (obviously not in.profile`)? – Zanna May 06 '17 at 20:05
  • I'm sorry for posting a picture of the terminal, I tried copying the text but could not since it's not the ordinary terminal. Anyway, I don't think I set the path in .profile. I have been stuck on this login loop even after re-installing ubuntu (pretty weird huh?). – Aakash Mishra May 06 '17 at 20:36
  • Also, I just started seeing this new error after a recent reboot: /usr/sbin/lightdm-session: line 117: exec: gnome-session: not found – Aakash Mishra May 06 '17 at 20:42
  • oh sorry, I see your problem with the VT! You (or someone else using your machine) evidently set the path somewhere! Is the assignment in /etc/environment or /etc/profile for example? – Zanna May 06 '17 at 20:45
  • I DID IT!!!! Please don't mind my excitement I'm just so so happy right now. I had edited .pam_environment to include Android Studio's path which I just deleted after following another post which had the same problem. I can login finally! Thanks for your help @Zanna – Aakash Mishra May 06 '17 at 20:58
  • You're welcome, any time :) haha I'm very familiar with that excitement myself, so feel free to enjoy it loudly :D By the way, what was the other post? We can mark your question as a duplicate of that one to help others in the future – Zanna May 06 '17 at 21:06
  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/463213/exec-gnome-session-not-found-when-logging-in-using-lightdm

    This helped me realize that .pam_environment might be causing this. Haha thanks I just called my friend and celebrated for a good 10 minutes! :D

     – Aakash Mishra May 06 '17 at 21:09

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