Hello On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 15:03 -0400, Jason Cipriani wrote: > I am running Gnome 2.20.3. I just recently updated from a previous > version of Gnome (I do not remember what the previous version was but > it was at least 4 or 5 months old). I do not use a graphical log in. I > am not logging in to a remote machine, this is all local. > > Since updating, when I kill the X server with Ctrl+Alt+Bkspc, or when > I log out properly via System -> Log Out, everything disappears > (including the mouse cursor) except for the desktop background, and > then it gets stuck. I know the machine is not completely hung, because > if I press Ctrl+Alt+Del the system will shut down properly and reboot > -- although the desktop background will remain on the screen until the > reboot actually happens. When it is in this state, I can't switch to > text terminals, or do anything at all (including Ctrl+Alt+Bkspc). I've > given it at least 5 minutes to exit but it does not (I remember having > issues logging out with the old version where gconfd or something > would stay running for a long time after the gnome desktop ended -- I > do not know if this is related; that didn't cause me problems logging > out but it did cause me problems if I tried to restart gnome again too > quickly before gconfd had died). > > This problem happens 99% of the time -- it does *not* seem to happen > if I log out within the first few minutes of starting Gnome, but I > haven't been able to determine what I need to do to make it start to > hang. It does not seem to be a general X problem, because I can use > other desktops and window managers (and just X by itself) with no > issues. This problem did not happen at all before I updated Gnome. > > I am not familiar enough with Gnome to know where to start looking; > it's becoming a major issue because it is not possible for me to log > out or switch users without rebooting the machine. What I found on > Google either didn't match my description or was a problem with remote > connections. Nothing in /var/log or my user dir jumped out at me > either. What is a good starting point for investigating?
1. Any messages logged to ~/.xsession-errors ? 2. does top report any gnome app pegging cpu , when viewed from a VT ( Ctrl+Alt+F1) 3. probably an strace ? > > Thanks, > Jason > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list -- Ritesh Khadgaray ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ Desktop LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919970164885 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
