Some info, which I think points to the problem. I used XDMCP to start a "Failsafe Terminal" session. (Both libgconf and gnome-keyring-daemon still start up even with failsafe terminal, which I didn't realize used any gnome services. Strange).
>From the xterm window in the lower right, I type "gnome-session" and see a slew of debug messages. The process hangs every time at the same spot: $ gnome-session ... ... ** (gnome-settings-daemon:6392): DEBUG: Loading /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libsound.so ** (gnome-settings-daemon:6392): DEBUG: Registering GsdSoundPlugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:6392): DEBUG: Creating object of type GsdSoundPlugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:6392): DEBUG: GsdSoundPlugin initializing ** (gnome-settings-daemon:6392): DEBUG: Activating sound plugin ** (gnome-settings-daemon:6392): DEBUG: Starting sound manager and then, nothing. Notably, this hardware does not have a sound card. I will try and find a different machine with built-in sound and see if the problem goes away. In the meanwhile, is there a way I can disable the startup of the sound manager, in order to verify that it is the culprit here? Remember that this is an XDMCP-only problem; I don't have trouble logging in locally. -- Gnome login hangs every time using XDMCP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188132 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
