On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:15:21 +0200 JA Magallon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi... > > This old problem has surfaced again: > > .xsession-errors: > > ... > Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0" already has a window > manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager. > Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0" already has a window > manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager. > ... > > I get only the nautilus desktop, with two black bars on top and bottom of the > screen. > If I launch a terminal, 'gnome-shell --replace' works fine. > > Any idea ? > Can it be some personal setting ? > > TIA Digging a bit more, something is wrong detecting acceleration. In GDM log: gnome-session[4752]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session is a valid session file gnome-session[4752]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Launching helper 'bash -c "gnome-shell --help | grep -q gdm-mode && /usr/lib64/gnome-session-check-accelerated"' to know if session is runnable gnome-session-is-accelerated: No hardware 3D support. gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256 gnome-session[4752]: WARNING: Session 'gdm-shell' runnable check failed: Exited with code 1 gnome-session[4752]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Session is not runnable gnome-session[4752]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Getting session 'gdm-fallback' This is for GDM's own session. The same happens for user. Any ideas ? How can I check why this fails ? Its a netbook with Intel graphics, so it uses Mesa. Will check on an nvidia system too. TIA
