ssh-agent fails to start (has_option: command not found)

The /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent file is the same in Ubuntu groovy and hirsute. Therefore, the problem is elsewhere.

The has_option shell function is not defined in the same file:

 - in Ubuntu groovy it is defined in
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args

 - in Ubuntu hirsute it is defined in
/etc/X11/Xsession

Looks like /etc/X11/Xsession is not executed, but the files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ are sourced somehow. My best guess is that there's some other mechanism emulating Xsession's behaviour but without defining has_option.

Maybe this is a pending bug introduced in an earlier version of Ubuntu that has come to light just now, after has_option has been moved as #3 points out.

BTW: I'm using lightdm with the Arctica Greeter.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

As a workaround, I created the file 01x11-has_option (find it attached) and placed it in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/. It defines has_option unless it is already defined somewhere else. ssh-agent now runs in the background on startup again.

Same problem here,
after upgrade ubuntu studio 20.04 to 21.04 & change default plasma desktop to xfce:

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources: línea 16: has_option: orden no encontrada
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch: línea 9: has_option: orden no encontrada

Achim solution (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1922414/comments/7 ) solve this errors.

The issue was discussed in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=963059

The problem has been fixed in https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gdm/-/commit/1cdc3f05 which is included in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/3.38.2.1-2ubuntu1

Great, thank you for the fix!

This is still broken on impish when running i3 under X11.

Oct 22 15:23:39 operations /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[5615]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources: line 16: has_option: command not found
Oct 22 15:23:39 operations /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[5646]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch: line 9: has_option: command not found
Oct 22 15:23:39 operations /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[5658]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent: line 9: has_option: command not found

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1922414

running fluxbox still can trigger this in 22.04

Affected scripts in my case:

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent

still seeing
Apr 9 15:30:54 drafting-table /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[355145]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources: line 16: has_option: command not found
in an install which is "jammy daily iso from a week or two back with daily dist upgrades", under i3;

$ dpkg -l gdm3 x11-common i3-wm
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-===============-============-======================================
ii gdm3 42.0-1ubuntu2 amd64 GNOME Display Manager
ii i3-wm 4.20.1-1 amd64 improved dynamic tiling window manager
ii x11-common 1:7.7+23ubuntu2 all X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure

Still happens on UM Jammy.

Still happens on UM Jammy.

How Long?????

I also see it on Ubuntu MATE Jammy.
Will the fix come from Xorg,
or should we add LightDM to the affected projects list?

I can confirm this bug on jammy using lightdm and gdm3 in conjunction with x11 and i3.

I'm affected by this on jammy with lightdm and wmaker.

Please finally fix this bug!

Reported here: https://github.com/canonical/lightdm/issues/198

There's also a workaround for lightdm users posted there.

Upgraded from 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS and still got the same issue:
Aug 18 08:35:14 redacted /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[6714]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources: line 16: has_option: command not found
Aug 18 08:35:14 redacted /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[6749]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch: line 9: has_option: command not found
Aug 18 08:35:14 redacted /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[6780]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent: line 9: has_option: command not found

This issue is caused by lightdm running /usr/sbin/lightdm-session instead of /etc/X11/Xsession.

The simplest workaround for me was:
- introduce has_option functon as 1st step in Xsession.d sourced scripts
- as root create file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/01custom-has-option with following content:

OPTIONS="$(
  if [ -r "$OPTIONFILE" ]; then
    cat "$OPTIONFILE"
  fi
  if [ -d /etc/X11/Xsession.options.d ]; then
    run-parts --list --regex '\.conf$' /etc/X11/Xsession.options.d | xargs -d '\n' cat
  fi
)"

#check if has_option is already defined; if not, define

has_option 2>1 > /dev/null || has_option() {
  # Ensure that a later no-foo overrides an earlier foo
  if [ "$(echo "$OPTIONS" | grep -Eo "^(no-)?$1\>" | tail -n 1)" = "$1" ]; then
    return 0
  else
    return 1
  fi
}

- logout and login

Details:
- /etc/X11/Xsession introduces has_option shell function that check if Xsession.options contains predefined option
- /etc/X11/Xsession sources all files under /etc/X11/Xsession.d in alphabetic order
- as the scripts are sourced they maintain the same environemnt and definitions of variables or functions as Xsession
- however, lightdm uses lightdm-session that also sources /etc/X11/Xsession.d/* BUT does NOT define has_option function
- provided script checks if the function has_option already exists (Xsession is in play) and if not (lightdm-session's game) it defines it the same way as is in /etc/X11/Xsession

Alternative solutions:
- modify lightdm-session to contain has_option the same way as /etc/X11/Xsession
- modify (create) /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf containing:
[Seat:*]
session-wrapper=/etc/X11/Xsession

- requires reboot; it did not work ok for 100% as my .profile env vars were not correctly propagated

Same for me on Ubuntu Mate 22.04 5.15.0-52-generic and Cinnamon 5.2.7
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources: ligne 16: has_option : commande introuvable
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch: ligne 9: has_option : commande introuvable

Like the previous poster, I too have this problem whilst running the Cinnamon DE.

Hi,

a 'meetoo' for ubuntu 22.10, using sddm/plasma-x11

Can sddm please be added to the 'Affects'?

Did notice the has_option not found in .xsession-errors
and applied workaround as suggested by Boris Steiner above, but had to make a small fixup to the script:

OPTIONS="$(
  if [ -r "$OPTIONFILE" ]; then
    cat "$OPTIONFILE"
  fi
  if [ -d /etc/X11/Xsession.options.d ]; then
    run-parts --list --regex '\.conf$' /etc/X11/Xsession.options.d | xargs -d '\n' cat
  fi
)"

#check if has_option is already defined; if not, define

has_option 2>&1 > /dev/null || has_option() {
  # Ensure that a later no-foo overrides an earlier foo
  if [ "$(echo "$OPTIONS" | grep -Eo "^(no-)?$1\>" | tail -n 1)" = "$1" ]; then
    return 0
  else
    return 1
  fi
}

Notice the
has_option 2>&1
instead of
has_option 2>1

original proposed version will create file '1' in your home folder

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I also see it on Ubuntu MATE Jammy.
Will the fix come from Xorg,
or should we add LightDM to the affected projects list?

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Hi,
the bug is still there on an Ubuntu 23.10/mantic system:

# journalctl | grep has_option
Sep 22 13:46:02 xeelee /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2101]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources: line 16: has_option: command not found
Sep 22 13:46:03 xeelee /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2123]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/75dbus_dbus-launch: line 9: has_option: command not found
Sep 22 13:46:03 xeelee /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2150]: /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent: line 9: has_option: command not found