Hi Andreas, I use GNUstep on the latest stable of Debian. Haven't compiled it previously, but here is a few uneducated guesses:
Personally I would start from scratch, but not install ubuntu-desktop. This draws their Desktop Environment which Ubuntu uses by default (unity or gnome or something else that I don't remember). Would this be a possibility? Are you setting environment variables in bashrc? Something like <http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/User/GNUstep/gnustep-howto_4.html#Environment-Setup>. Does the issue occur after reboot? -- Chat: #GNUstep at freenode <http://www.kiwiirc.com/client/chat.freenode.net/gnustep>
