Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-session
I installed dapper last week and for some reason my session keeps crashing. When I log in, I get a message saying my session could not be started and I just see one gnome-terminal on the screen. $ cat .xsession-errors /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "alex" /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... /etc/gdm/Xsession: Executing /usr/bin/gnome-session failed, will try to run x-terminal-emulator $ cat /var/log/messages Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 4716 user 'alex' Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/alex/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3 Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4 Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-471: starting (version 2.14.0), pid 4718 user 'alex' Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-471: Failed to get lock for daemon, exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-alex/lock/ior': probably another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file locking misconfigured (Resource temporarily unavailable) Jul 23 23:14:01 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/alex/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 I get these messages on every login, I've tried to google them without turning up anything and I don't know what they mean. As far as I'm concerned gconf is black magic anyway. The funny thing is that when I get that one gnome-terminal and I type "gnome-session", I get my desktop just the way it is, no errors appear. If I log into "gnome failsafe", that works, but I can't make that my default session, so I need to fix this somehow. My problem seems to be similar (but not identical) to this one: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185905 ** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- Default gnome session keeps crashing on login https://launchpad.net/bugs/53862 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
