Subject: gnome-session: failure to start window manager Package: gnome-session Version: 2.30.2-3 Severity: important
*** Please type your report below this line *** After upgrading, logging into a gnome session appears to start a complete session (panel, nautilus, etc.) but the window manager is missing. While it is possible to add a windowmanager (metacity) as a start up appliaction this is not feasible for 200+ users. (This system is accessed via ltsp from a group of machines in a lab setting). There seems to be no pertinent information in the .xsession-error file: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xsession: X session started for aguelzow at Tue Jul 5 15:37:43 MDT 2011 Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_CA. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. Couldn't establish a connection to localhost:9202: IO::Socket::INET: connect: Connection refused GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y/gpg:0:1 GNOME_KEYRING_PID=5267 GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y/gpg:0:1 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y/ssh GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y/gpg:0:1 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y/ssh GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yVZO6y/gpg:0:1 x-session-manager[5256]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'gnome-volume-manager.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process "/usr/lib/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-volume-manager" (No such file or directory) x-session-manager[5256]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'hplip-systray.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process "hp-systray" (No such file or directory) Connection failure: Invalid argument Initializing nautilus-gdu extension Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension ** (nautilus:5309): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS ** (nautilus:5309): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS ** (nautilus:5309): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA ** (nautilus:5309): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout ** (bluetooth-applet:5329): WARNING **: Could not open RFKILL control device, please verify your installation (gdu-notification-daemon:5321): libgdu-WARNING **: unhandled property 'DeviceAutomountHint' (gdu-notification-daemon:5321): libgdu-WARNING **: unhandled property 'DeviceAutomountHint' (gdu-notification-daemon:5321): libgdu-WARNING **: unhandled property 'DeviceAutomountHint' (gdu-notification-daemon:5321): libgdu-WARNING **: unhandled property 'DeviceAutomountHint' (gdu-notification-daemon:5321): libgdu-WARNING **: unhandled property 'DeviceAutomountHint' ** (gnome-volume-control-applet:5328): WARNING **: pa_context_get_card_info_by_index() failed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- metacity appears to be set as window manager: aguelzow@opteron2:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/*window* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 1 2009 /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -> /usr/bin/metacity lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 1 2009 /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/metacity.1.gz -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (1000, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash 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 1:2.34.0-1 lightweight GTK+ window manager ii mutter 3.0.2.1-1 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 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org