GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 2006
Three things to be fixed
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
I don't know which package might cause the following, but anyway: Most of the time I start gnome (gnome-session) it hangs after showing the gnome logo in a window with no frames on a gray background grid. After the window disappears I have to kill the X server and try again. Nothing seems to help. I usually need to try at least three times before I get it run. And, as you may guess, this is very annoying. When it eventually starts it first shows the same window with no frames and then adds the frames as the window manager (I'm using Enlightenment) starts. Second thing (not that bad) is that the gnome terminal always starts at ~/.gnome-desktop/. I'd like it to start at ~/ and I couldn't find any guidelines from the documentation on how to do thiss. And the third one: when I open the desktop popup with right-click, release the button and select new->terminal with left-click from the newly opened submenu, I have to click twice before the terminal actually opens. This bug occurs only the first time and opening a second terminal works fine. I'm using the standard RH 6.0 distribution. -Topi- << http://ee.oulu.fi/~topiolli >> ------- Additional Comments From sopwith@redhat.com 1999-09-03 11:49:58 ---- Subject: More info needed From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> To: 2006@bugs.gnome.org Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909031146070.17959-100000@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:49:58 -0400 (EDT) I don't have any ideas on how to reproduce this problem. Do you have something like a strange hostname/DNS setup that would cause hangs? -- Elliot The time for action is past! Now is the time for senseless bickering! ------- Additional Comments From sopwith@redhat.com 1999-09-13 19:26:22 ---- Subject: No reply? From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> To: 2006@bugs.gnome.org Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909131925580.20364-100000@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:26:22 -0400 (EDT) I'd love to get to work on fixing this bug, but I need more information from you. Please reply. -- Elliot $400 million in gold bullion Ft. Bragg Peking Soviet cryptographic KGB Ft. Meade plutonium genetic SDI explosion fissionable DES Waco, Texas PLO ------- Additional Comments From ??? 1999-10-30 14:11:24 ---- Subject: More information From: ??? ??? <???> To: 2006@bugs.gnome.org Message-Id: <19991030.18112400@mis.configured.host> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 18:11:24 GMT I am not the person who originally reported this bug, but I'm also experiencing one of the problems (about starting gnome). I'm using Redhat 6 with Enlightenment as Gnome's Window Manager. My kernel version is 2.2.5-15. When I first log in, the X server immediately dies and I am brought back to the login screen. The second time, and often the third, the splash screen (saying rhad labs, etc) comes up, but with no title bar or border. It stays for 30-60 seconds, and then finally the progress indicator shows up. The desktop also takes a long time to load, but once it has, everything works fine, except that the logout button/menu item doesn't work. I have to kill the X server to get out. If I kill the X server before it has finished loading and try logging in again, it usually works (displays progress indicator, then splash screen with title bar and border, and then loads the desktop). One additional thing: I recently recompiled my kernel, and it started working fine after that, for a while. Unfortunaltely, now the problem has come back. ------- Bug moved to this database by debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-01-27 14:58 ------- This bug was previously known as bug 2006 at http://bugs.gnome.org/ http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2006 Originally filed under the gnome-core product and general component. The original reporter (topiolli@ees2.oulu.fi) of this bug does not have an account here. Reassigning to the exporter, debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org. Reassigning to the default owner of the component, gnome-core-maint@bugzilla.gnome.org.
Just for information of anyone reading, the "gnome-terminal starts in directory ~/foo" problem generally seems to mean "I started gnome with startx whilst I was in directory ~/foo". This is a really old bug report though. If either of the reporters can confirm it happens with gnome 1.2 or gnome 1.4 that would help.
Created attachment 738 [details] My .gnome/session file that has the sawfish CurrentDirectory mis-set
I can confirm this bug. I'm using a version 1.4.0.4-4 debian gnome-session package, and have experienced the bug many times before in other versions of gnome and other linux distros. The problem occurs when one runs startx from a directory other than their home. Sawfish then has that directory set as its CurrentDirectory, and the user's .gnome/session file gets an entry like this: 8,CurrentDirectory=/mnt/hog/Sound/Music/Unsorted/ In their sawfish section. For some reason, this will never leave their session file, no matter what directory they run startx from after running it from "/mnt/hog/Sound/Music/Unsorted". I have to go. I hope this gets fixed, it's very annoying. I'm attaching my .gnome/session.
What version of sawfish is this? Has it been fixed in a later release of sawfish?
Closing this from lack of feedback. I also can't remember having seen reports of gnome-session hanging on login for a long time, so I'm assuming that's been fixed. Please report bugs against the latest stable release.