Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-session
I installed dapper last week and for some reason my session keeps
crashing. When I log in, I get a message saying my session could not be
started and I just see one gnome-terminal on the screen.
$ cat .xsession-errors
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u
/var/run/utmp -x /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers -h -l :0 alex
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Executing /usr/bin/gnome-session failed, will try to run
x-terminal-emulator
$ cat /var/log/messages
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 4716
user 'alex'
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address
xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory to a read-only configuration
source at position 0
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address
xml:readwrite:/home/alex/.gconf to a writable configuration source at
position 1
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address
xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults to a read-only configuration
source at position 2
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address
xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults to a read-only configuration
source at position 3
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address
xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults to a read-only configuration source at
position 4
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-471: starting (version 2.14.0), pid 4718
user 'alex'
Jul 23 23:13:37 frasier gconfd (alex-471: Failed to get lock for daemon,
exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-alex/lock/ior': probably another process
has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file locking misconfigured
(Resource temporarily unavailable)
Jul 23 23:14:01 frasier gconfd (alex-4716): Resolved address
xml:readwrite:/home/alex/.gconf to a writable configuration source at
position 0
I get these messages on every login, I've tried to google them without
turning up anything and I don't know what they mean. As far as I'm
concerned gconf is black magic anyway.
The funny thing is that when I get that one gnome-terminal and I type
gnome-session, I get my desktop just the way it is, no errors appear.
If I log into gnome failsafe, that works, but I can't make that my
default session, so I need to fix this somehow.
My problem seems to be similar (but not identical) to this one:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185905
** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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Default gnome session keeps crashing on login
https://launchpad.net/bugs/53862
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