Good questions. The default setting on the log on screen is "Ubuntu" (not compiz), whatever that means. Choosing a gnome session works just fine and invokes a window manager. So this is not a bug in gnome-wm. I guess that when the default session "Ubuntu" is selected, no window manager is started at all, because .xsession-erros is empty. This is a rather recent installation on a new machine, however with many custom packages installed or removed. I recently removed "indicator-appmenu appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt" because I had problems with the integrated menu in libreoffice and qgis (#1455234), maybe that is the reason.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1455241 Title: Gnome window manager dies shortly after login Status in gnome-panel package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Whenever I log in, the window manager dies immediately. The file menus goes missing in all windows and it is not possible to switch between windows with alt+tab. I always have to invoke gnome-wm --replace from the command line. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gnome-session-flashback 1:3.8.0-1ubuntu12.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-48.80-generic 3.13.11-ckt16 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu May 14 22:58:20 2015 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-17 (58 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-panel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1455241/+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
