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Description

Sometimes 'DESKTOP_SESSION' is not defined, e.g. using xrdp with Ubuntu mate: printenv | grep DESK MATE_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=mate
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=MATE
The result is the message starting atom: "expr: syntax error: missing argument after ‘8’ "

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use Ubuntu Mate with xrdp or 'unset DESKTOP_SESSION' in your terminal
2. start atom from terminal
3. observe output "expr: syntax error: missing argument after ‘8’ "

Expected behavior:

No error message from startup script

Actual behavior:

Error message as described

Reproduces how often:

always

Versions

Atom : 1.60.0
Electron: 9.4.4
Chrome : 83.0.4103.122
Node : 12.14.1

apm 2.6.2
npm 6.14.13
node 12.14.1 x64
atom 1.60.0
python
git 2.34.1

PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy

xrdp 0.9.17

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