cinnamon-slideshow crashed with ValueError in _execvpe(): execv() arg 2 first element cannot be empty

Bug #1708636 reported by George Shuklin
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Bug Description

Cinnamon session goes into endless loop at login. Here log message from xesssion-errros:

(cinnamon:2729): Cjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Gio.DBusError: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.Cinnamon.Slideshow: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.Cinnamon.Slideshow exited with status 1
_injectToMethod/klass[method]@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:234
_makeProxyWrapper/<@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:209
SlideshowManager.prototype.ensureProxy@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/slideshowManager.js:43
SlideshowManager.prototype.begin@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/slideshowManager.js:47
SlideshowManager.prototype._init@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/slideshowManager.js:30
SlideshowManager@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/slideshowManager.js:19
start@/usr/share/cinnamon/js/ui/main.js:330
@<main>:1

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: cinnamon 3.2.7-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8
Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Thu Aug 3 18:56:34 2017
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/cinnamon-slideshow
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-22 (43 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.6
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/cinnamon-slideshow
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/cinnamon-slideshow']
SourcePackage: cinnamon
Title: cinnamon-slideshow crashed with ValueError in _execvpe(): execv() arg 2 first element cannot be empty
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-07-21 (13 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirt lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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George Shuklin (george-shuklin) wrote :
information type: Private → Public
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in cinnamon (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Joshua Peisach (itzswirlz) wrote :

Do a fresh install of Classic Ubuntu and test on Debian. Are you experiencing the same issue?

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George Shuklin (george-shuklin) wrote :

Do I still experience the bug I hit 4 years ago? I honestly can't remember which computer it was.

Given the grave annoyance (according to description), I suppose, I don't get it. But I'm not sure. It was Ubuntu A, and now I'm on Ubuntu F...

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