got the same problem on oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424511
Title: gnome-panel and window manager do not start on login Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-session After upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic today, I can no longer log into Gnome desktop. All I can see is my wallpaper and (Gnome) mouse pointer. However, launching an xterm session and then executing: gnome-session & gnome-panel & compiz & brings me a fully functional desktop. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 4 22:46:18 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: gnome-session 2.27.91-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic SourcePackage: gnome-session Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/424511/+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

