[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if "guest" user already exists

2008-11-29 Thread Martin Pitt
Okay, thanks. That's a video driver problem then, or a missing blacklist in compiz. ** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gdm-guest-session => linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 Status: Incomplete => New ** Summary changed: - Black screen after clicking t

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if "guest" user already exists

2008-11-28 Thread Robert Bernecky
I just installed today's (2008-11-28) new patches to 8.10 Intrepid, and I still get the crash I noted earlier: Attempting to select another user in the "user switcher" crashes the system immediately. One possible idea: The /home directory was imported from an earlier release, so perhaps some fi

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if "guest" user already exists

2008-11-28 Thread Martin Pitt
I can't reproduce this. If I already have a guest user, the setup script rightfully fails: $ sudo sh -ex /usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-setup.sh + USER=guest + PWSTAT=guest P 11/28/2008 0 9 7 -1 + echo+ cut -f2 -d guest P 11/28/2008 0 9 7 -1 + [ P != L ] + echo User account g

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if "guest" user already exists

2008-11-20 Thread Robert Bernecky
My system still crashes on "switch user". I also removed the fglrx proprietary ATI drivers, rebooted, and observed the same failure. Gnome, AMD64 SMP box, dual-head ATI R3xxx videocard. I'm happy to test any fault isolation ideas. -- Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if "gu