** Summary changed: - gnome-flashback (without effects) fails to start without hardware acceleration + gnome-flashback (metacity) fails to start without hardware acceleration, cloud/remote environments (Forwarded-X, VNC and NX/X2GO)
** Description changed: - When trying to launch gnome-flashback (no effects) session from xrdp it - fails with diagnostics in log: + When trying to launch gnome-flashback (metacity) session from + XRDP/VNC/NX/X2GO/Chromoting it fails with diagnostics in log: >gnome-session-is-accelerated: No composite extension. >gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256 >gnome-session-is-accelerated: No composite extension. >gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256 >** (process:11622): WARNING **: software acceleration check failed: Child process exited with code 1 When starting manually gnome-panel, metacity, nautilus and other components from .xsession - it works normally. Looks like - unnecessary check performed (and failed). + + This breaks gnome-flashback, breaking upgrade path from previous LTS and + removing most sane option for cloud environments! ** Summary changed: - gnome-flashback (metacity) fails to start without hardware acceleration, cloud/remote environments (Forwarded-X, VNC and NX/X2GO) + gnome-flashback (metacity) fails to start without hardware acceleration, cloud/remote environments (Forwarded-X/XRDP/VNC/NX/X2GO/Chromoting) ** Tags added: regression-release trusty -- 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/1251281 Title: gnome-flashback (metacity) fails to start without hardware acceleration, cloud/remote environments (Forwarded-X/XRDP/VNC/NX/X2GO/Chromoting) Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When trying to launch gnome-flashback (metacity) session from XRDP/VNC/NX/X2GO/Chromoting it fails with diagnostics in log: >gnome-session-is-accelerated: No composite extension. >gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256 >gnome-session-is-accelerated: No composite extension. >gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256 >** (process:11622): WARNING **: software acceleration check failed: Child process exited with code 1 When starting manually gnome-panel, metacity, nautilus and other components from .xsession - it works normally. Looks like - unnecessary check performed (and failed). This breaks gnome-flashback, breaking upgrade path from previous LTS and removing most sane option for cloud environments! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1251281/+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
