After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.
Bug 642454 - Mutter hangs when gnome-shell is started by gnome-session
Mutter hangs when gnome-shell is started by gnome-session
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 645539
Product: mutter
Classification: Core
Component: general
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: mutter-maint
mutter-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-02-16 12:13 UTC by Maciej (Matthew) Piechotka
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:19 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Maciej (Matthew) Piechotka 2011-02-16 12:13:35 UTC 
Mutter hangs when opened directly by gnome-session (some early details here: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2011-February/msg00116.html).

That includes:

 - Occuping 100% cpu (i.e. 1 busy thread, no I/O wait)
 - Not responding to TERM signal
Comment 1 Brian Beardall 2011-04-11 21:53:04 UTC 
I appear to be experiencing something similar. The first time a user logs into the account gnome-shell will work correctly. On the next login mutter is loaded which is expecting the gnome-shell to load and so I'm left with no way to load programs unless a terminal was loaded by default from a saved session.
Comment 2 Dan Winship 2011-04-14 20:31:39 UTC 
Maciej: are you still having this problem?

Brian: with current versions of stuff, you should not be seeing any process called "mutter". If you are, then either you have old packages and should upgrade, or else you have a bad mix of old and new stuff.
Comment 3 Colin Walters 2011-04-14 20:37:29 UTC 
My guess is the reporter has the "auto save session" key on, and is thus hitting bug 645539.
Comment 4 Brian Beardall 2011-04-14 21:49:54 UTC 
I just have the gentoo gnome overlay installed which includes all of the newest released packages with the keywords and unmasks setup according to the overlay instructions. Other than that I'm running a stable gentoo arch. I think I should open another bug report on this but will wait on your response.
Comment 5 Maciej (Matthew) Piechotka 2011-04-15 08:30:50 UTC 
Sorry for delay. I experience this problem no longer. I had auto save session turned off.

(I'm running ~amd64 gentoo + lot's of overlays + gcc 4.6 for maximum breakage ;) )
Comment 6 Brian Beardall 2011-04-17 00:16:38 UTC 
If I disable auto save session I don't have the problem. So my problem is most likely bug 645539.
Comment 7 Maciej (Matthew) Piechotka 2013-08-07 14:19:30 UTC 
Spring cleaning of my bugs. If it is likely to be bug #645539 then marking as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 645539 ***