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gnome-session package

Session starts without any window manager , if saved session is broken

Bug #498203 reported by Vish
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This bug affects 7 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-session
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Lucid
Won't Fix
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-session

In Lucid alpha 1 , user session starts without any window manager , i'm having to use the fusion-icon at every login and once i do a "reload window manager" , the window manager[compiz] works fine.

Attaching the output of "gconftool-2 --dump /desktop/gnome/session"

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WORKAROUND: deleting "~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session" folder will allow the session to start normally.
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 417990aadff2335cd485c57bb06c8968
CheckboxSystem: 5484a8dd99f006173bd2ac53fa4837c2
Date: Fri Dec 18 19:57:59 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091209)
Package: gnome-session 2.28.0-0ubuntu7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-8.12-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-session
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-8-generic i686

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Vish (vish) wrote :
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Vish (vish) wrote :

Output of $gnome-session --debug 2>&1 | tee gnome-session.log

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Vish (vish) wrote :

<chrisccoulson> mac_v - you're restoring from a saved session which seems to be broken
<chrisccoulson> mac_v - WARNING: Could not launch application '108f965d3aada14f25125765658777116800000018040038.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/compiz.real" (No such file or directory)
<chrisccoulson> that's the wrong restart command for compiz ;)
<mac_v> chrisccoulson: ever since , I installed Lucid on a separate partition ... I'm using same /home for both lucid and karmic
<chrisccoulson> mac_v - that's why
<chrisccoulson> what has happened is, you've saved a session in karmic (where compiz set the restart command to /usr/bin/compiz.real)
<chrisccoulson> and then tried to restore it in lucid, where /usr/bin/compiz.real no longer exists
<mac_v> chrisccoulson: ah.. ok , how do i remove it?
<chrisccoulson> mac_v - you can just delete ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session

Thanks to Chris , the problem is fixed here...

But chris mentions :
<chrisccoulson> mac_v - cool. it's still a bug though, as it will break in the same way on upgrade for anybody using session saving
<chrisccoulson> i'm just wondering if gnome-session should check the existence of the executable when loading saved session info , to handle things like upgrades

Hence , I'v not closed the bug.

description: updated
summary: - Session starts without any window manager
+ Session starts without any window manager , if saved session is broken
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605226

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Bruno Randolf (randolf-bruno) wrote :

same problem and solution here, on an upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 beta 2 last week.

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Wim Symons (wim-symons-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Same problem after upgrade from Karmic 9.10 to Lucid 10.04 beta 2.
Cleaning ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session solved it.

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Anton Post (olaf-nz) wrote :

I've just had this happen after doing an overnight upgrade from a fully updated Karmic to Lucid 10.04 LTS. Cleaning ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session solved it, but it wasn't pretty for somebody who didn't know how to use a terminal.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
tags: added: regression-release
removed: regression-potential
Vish (vish)
Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Medium → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-session:
status: New → Fix Released
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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