Public bug reported: After I kill the X server using ctrl-alt backspace, logging back on usually hangs partway through the gnome setup progress with the centre splash still up, sometimes showing update-notifier.
Launching gnome terminal just hangs - no window appears. firefox will start tho. Manually killing gconfd from outside X can make things work again. ** Affects: gconf2 (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Needs Info -- gconfd not shutting down/not restarting after X server killed https://launchpad.net/bugs/45122 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs