Bug#636100: Provides no useful feedback when window manager fails to start

Josh Triplett josh at joshtriplett.org
Sun Jul 31 05:32:18 UTC 2011


Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.30.2-3
Severity: normal

If the window manager (such as metacity) fails to start, gnome-session
logs to ~/.xsession-errors, but otherwise provides no useful feedback to
the user about why their session doesn't work as expected.

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gnome-panel                   2.30.2-4   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-session-bin             2.30.2-3   The GNOME Session Manager - Minima
ii  gnome-session-common          2.30.2-3   Common files for the GNOME session
ii  gnome-settings-daemon         2.30.2-3   daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  metacity                      1:2.34.1-1 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  nautilus                      2.30.1-3   file manager and graphical shell f
ii  policykit-1-gnome             0.101-2    GNOME authentication agent for Pol

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  gnome-power-manager           2.32.0-2   power management tool for the GNOM

Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  6.0.6      common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-keyring                 3.0.3-2    GNOME keyring services (daemon and
ii  gnome-user-guide              2.30.1-1   GNOME user's guide

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