Bug#531388: Fails to start a valid gnome session after upgrade

[Andrea De Iacovo]

2009/6/1 Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>

> Le lundi 01 juin 2009 à 11:20 +0200, Andrea De Iacovo a écrit :
> >         Why are there two sets of compiz binaries running? Are you
> >         doing
> >         anything special to start it?
> >
> > That list of processes has been gathered after starting gnome with the
> > old compiz configuration (compiz was manually activated as a startup
> > program through gnome-session-properties).
>
> What do you mean? You added specifically a startup entry for compiz?


That's right.


>
>
> > So that's why, I think, there are two running compiz processes.
> > However the black screen problem is present even unchecking compiz in
> > gnome-session-properties.
>
> Please show the process list in this case, I cannot see what’s happening
> with the previous one.
>
> What’s in .config/autostart/ after you uncheck compiz? Please send the
> relevant file if it’s still here.


ls -l ~/.config/autostart/

-rw-r--r-- 1 andrea andrea  167  1 giu 12:42 compiz.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 andrea andrea 6518 26 apr 16:28 gnome-at-session.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 andrea andrea 2916 31 mag 19:49 gnome-session-splash.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 andrea andrea 6228 28 mag 15:15
gnome-volume-control-applet.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 andrea andrea  261 26 apr 16:28 nvidia-settings.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 andrea andrea 5786 26 apr 16:28 vino-server.desktop



> Does it change anything if you remove
> this file?


Nothing changes removing the file. I still get the black screen problem.

compiz.desktop file and the list of running processes you asked for are
attached.

Regards.

Andrea De Iacovo
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