.xprofile broken in Ubuntu 18.04

Question

Today I upgraded to latest Ubuntu 18.04 from 17.10, but computer says ~/.xprofile has syntax error, and could not use desktop. Only a movable mouse icon on a violet color blank screen.

When I checked the .xprofile in home directory, it only contains 4 lines, seems broken. But where could I find a complete .xprofile to replace the old one? Please help.

My .xprofile only have these four lines:

#setup XIM environment
export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"

sure, I edit the problem, add the .xprofile, as you could see — John Paul Qiang Chen, Apr 30 '18 at 12:38
I'd suggest you to create a new user, login with his credentials once, so you will have a reference profile. Then have a look at his .xprofile. — Andrejs Cainikovs, Apr 30 '18 at 13:14
@AndrejsCainikovs In the very beginning, I use Unity. when in 17.10 I updated to gnome. Now for simplicity, I remove Gnome, replace with Unity. I guess the problem must caused by their differences. — John Paul Qiang Chen, Apr 30 '18 at 14:22
@GeorgeUdosensure, I edit the problem, add the .xprofile, as you could see – — John Paul Qiang Chen, Apr 30 '18 at 14:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '18 at 18:22

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I just got around to upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 today and ran into the same issue. It seems that I had some settings from some older software that I stopped using but never removed from the .xprofile. Anyhow, long story short, I simple mv .xprofile .xprofile_BAK and restarted which happened to remove the errors. You will need to figure out exactly how to migrate things over from that .xprofile if you need them migrated, other than that you can live without it.

answered Aug 06 '18 at 18:22

Hatem Jaber

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I appreciete your advice, however I simply changed the desktop environment, that really works.According to my poor understanding, this is because of conflicts between Gnome and Unity.
Thus, I choose to change the default desktop environment. For example, you can install KDE plasma, this problem will be solved.
– John Paul Qiang Chen Aug 07 '18 at 09:11

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '18 at 09:14

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According to my poor understanding, this is because of conflicts between Gnome and Unity.

Thus, I choose to change the default desktop environment. For example, you can install KDE plasma, this problem will be solved.

answered Aug 07 '18 at 09:14

John Paul Qiang Chen

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.xprofile broken in Ubuntu 18.04

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