Relevant output in syslog: Mar 12 13:16:58 frisette gnome-session[10066]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly Mar 12 13:16:58 frisette gnome-session[10066]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #739271 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739271 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1154045 Title: lightdm fails to launch gnome-shell Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On a stock Ubuntu 12.10, with gnome-shell installed from the package manager, ligthdm fails to launch a gnome-shell session: the system only display an empty background. If switching to a tty, and manually starting gnome-shell (simply with $ gnome-shell), it runs normally. Tested on a Lenovo Thinkpad T430s. Reproductible: always To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1154045/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
