On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If, however, I run startx, wait a few seconds (without starting >> anything else) and then try to logout by clicking on "System", then >> "Log Out <username>", the system will hang about 50% of the time. >> >> Does anyone have any idea how I can debug this to work out which >> package I should report the bug against? >> > > You should check the programs that are started on gnome startup. Pull > all of them out and re-add them one by one. > Most likely, one of them is keeping the init script from finishing and > that's why you can't logout. > > Another way to go is to add a new user with a clean home and try with > him.
OK, I've tried the 2nd thing 1st: I've created a new user using "adduser testuser", and tried to recreate the problem by logging in as testuser and then running startx. The problem is still there - i.e. it happens with a completely fresh userid. Just to recap: I'm running a completely fresh Lenny install, I don't have gdm installed, I login at a virtual terminal using a new fresh userid, run startx and WITHOUT running anything from the desktop, I try to logout. Logout hangs. I'm a little surprised that I'm the first to find this - I would have thought that there would be lots of people running Lenny at the moment (so there would also be at least a few running Lenny without gdm), but that's a different matter! With regards to "checking the programs that are started on Gnome startup", the "Startup Programs" tab of Gnome's "Sessions Preferences" app only shows 1 program: "Visual Assistance", and I've unchecked (disabled) that but I still get the same problem. Is there any other way to disable startup programs that I'm not aware of? One other point of interest: If logout hangs, I can clear the hang by running any program (either from Alt-F2, or by clicking on an icon on one of the panels). As soon as I start any other app, the logout continues normally and X then shuts down. Should I just log this as a bug against gnome-session and see how it goes from there? Again, thanks for any help, Jaime -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]