It would seem like a quick workaround for this would be to have some sort of "sanity check" script that kills hanging process(es) left over after a crash. At the very least bonobo-activation-server, since killing it seems to resolve the issue.
** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-session Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs ** Summary changed: - Ubuntu 6.06 (amd64), users can't login after restart. + Users can't login after session crash ** Description changed: - After the first sucessfull login, if restart the computer then you can't - login anymore, your login name/password are accepted (by gdm) but when - gnome must load the graphical interface stops and don't load gnome. I - can login in a tty or by ssh. I can restart X (ctrl-alt-backspace) but i - get the same problem (the system accepts the login/passwd but no desktop - appears). I've restarted many times but all the users that have logged - in at least 1 time can't start the graphical session anymore. + After the first sucessfull login, X is restarted using + Ctrl+Alt+Backspace or due to a crash, then logins don't work anymore. + The login name/password are accepted by gdm but gnome hangs on load + after the login. This does not affect TTY or SSH logins. Restarting X + again with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but the issue persists. All the users + that have logged in at least once can't start the graphical session + anymore. I inspected many log's (/var/log/messages /var/log/syslog) but i can't find something that explains this. -- Users can't login after session crash https://launchpad.net/bugs/49594 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs