reopen 253729 thanks Hi Sebastien and gnome-session maintainer, [n.b. you can find the start of this exchange at http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/07/msg00003.html ]
On 07/02/2004 10:11 AM, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Do you have gkrellm or xmms in your session ? No, I don't even have either installed. > Could you try to start gnome-session in this way "gnome-session --purge- > delay=2000" and see if the splash screen go away after 2 seconds ? I am embarrassed to admit that I don't know how to do this -- I start Gnome with "startx". If I try that command before running startx, I am told that $DISPLAY is not set, and after running startx, that there is already a session manager running. However, I do have some additional information about the problem. First, I can cause it reproducibly just by deleting ~/.gnome2/session from the console, then restarting Gnome. Second, after having done so, not only does the splash screen not go away without clicking on it; but also it becomes almost impossible to log out. (The gnome panel almost always ignores me when I select Actions->Log Out, and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace seems to be ignored too. After a lot of playing around with various panel items, eventually a logout dialog will appear. If I hit "cancel" on the dialog, another one will appear, as if they have been building up in a queue while I click Actions->Log Out repeatedly.) Third, I can fix both problems by doing the following procedure: a) In the dialog Applications->Desktop Preferences->Advanced->Sessions, in the "Session options" tab, uncheck "Show splash screen on login" and check "Automatically save changes to session". Log out of Gnome (as mentioned above, this is very difficult). b) Restart Gnome; it starts now with no problem, and no splash screen. In the same dialog, check "Show splash screen on login". Log out (this now presents no difficulty). c) Restart Gnome yet again; the splash screen is now well-behaved (i.e. it goes away after a couple seconds automatically). Finally, I am attaching copies of my .gnome2/session files. The first, session.backup, is the new session file that gets recreated if I delete the session file then restart Gnome. This is the one that seems to have a problem. The second, session.fixed, is the session file after going through the procedure above. regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG public key ID: 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544
[Default] 0,id=11c0a80019000108878238100000111380002 0,RestartStyleHint=2 0,Priority=40 0,Program=gnome-panel 0,CurrentDirectory=/home/kmccarty 0,CloneCommand=gnome-panel --sm-config-prefix /gnome-panel-DUyLqp/ --profile default 0,RestartCommand=gnome-panel --sm-config-prefix /gnome-panel-DUyLqp/ --sm-client-id 11c0a80019000108878238100000111380002 --screen 0 --profile default 1,id=11c0a80019000108878250000000111380007 1,Program=/usr/lib/gnome-panel/clock-applet 1,CloneCommand=/usr/lib/gnome-panel/clock-applet 1,RestartCommand=/usr/lib/gnome-panel/clock-applet 2,id=11c0a80019000108878238200000111380003 2,RestartStyleHint=2 2,Priority=40 2,Program=nautilus 2,CurrentDirectory=/home/kmccarty 2,CloneCommand=nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-qZplUp/ 2,RestartCommand=nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-qZplUp/ --sm-client-id 11c0a80019000108878238200000111380003 --screen 0 --no-default-window 3,id=11c0a80019000108878237900000111380000 3,RestartStyleHint=2 3,Priority=0 3,Program=gnome-smproxy 3,DiscardCommand=rm /home/kmccarty/.gnome2//.gnome-smproxy-HELRdh 3,CloneCommand=gnome-smproxy --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-HELRdh/ 3,RestartCommand=gnome-smproxy --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-HELRdh/ --sm-client-id 11c0a80019000108878237900000111380000 4,id=11c0a80019000108878238100000111380001 4,RestartStyleHint=2 4,Priority=20 4,Program=metacity 4,CurrentDirectory=/home/kmccarty 4,DiscardCommand=rm -f /home/kmccarty/.metacity/sessions/1088782504-11215-539988544.ms 4,CloneCommand=metacity 4,RestartCommand=metacity --sm-save-file 1088782504-11215-539988544.ms 5,id=default5 5,Priority=40 5,RestartCommand=/usr/share/gnome-session/debian/gnome-volume-daemon --sm-client-id default5 num_clients=6
[Default] 0,id=11c0a80019000108878237900000111380000 0,RestartStyleHint=2 0,Priority=0 0,Program=gnome-smproxy 0,DiscardCommand=rm /home/kmccarty/.gnome2//.gnome-smproxy-BqUvDa 0,CloneCommand=gnome-smproxy --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-BqUvDa/ 0,RestartCommand=gnome-smproxy --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-BqUvDa/ --sm-client-id 11c0a80019000108878237900000111380000 1,id=11c0a80019000108878238100000111380001 1,RestartStyleHint=2 1,Priority=20 1,Program=metacity 1,CurrentDirectory=/home/kmccarty 1,DiscardCommand=rm -f /home/kmccarty/.metacity/sessions/1088782831-12101-2615539605.ms 1,CloneCommand=metacity 1,RestartCommand=metacity --sm-save-file 1088782831-12101-2615539605.ms 2,id=11c0a80019000108878238100000111380002 2,RestartStyleHint=2 2,Priority=40 2,Program=gnome-panel 2,CurrentDirectory=/home/kmccarty 2,CloneCommand=gnome-panel --sm-config-prefix /gnome-panel-CkXenc/ 2,RestartCommand=gnome-panel --sm-config-prefix /gnome-panel-CkXenc/ --sm-client-id 11c0a80019000108878238100000111380002 --screen 0 --profile default 3,id=11c0a80019000108878238200000111380003 3,RestartStyleHint=2 3,Priority=40 3,Program=nautilus 3,CurrentDirectory=/home/kmccarty 3,CloneCommand=nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-45Tesa/ 3,RestartCommand=nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-45Tesa/ --sm-client-id 11c0a80019000108878238200000111380003 --screen 0 4,id=11c0a80019000108878287900000122000000 4,Program=gnome-terminal 4,CurrentDirectory=/home/kmccarty 4,CloneCommand=gnome-terminal 4,RestartCommand=gnome-terminal --sm-client-id 11c0a80019000108878287900000122000000 --screen 0 num_clients=5
