Public bug reported:
After upgrading from hardy to intrepid RC, I couldn't see my desktop
after logging in. Only the movable mouse cursor was visible. The GDM
failsafe session was working for me.
The /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99x11-common_start script was trying to run:
/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session --execute x-window-manager
The x-window-manager was linked to /usr/bin/metacity.
I discovered after the upgrade, that I've had a dangling symlink (x
-session-manager) in /etc/alternatives pointing to KDE4 session manager.
Resetting this symlink to point to /usr/bin/gnome-session solved my
problem.
Now the 99x11-common_start script is running:
/usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/pulse-session
/usr/bin/seahorse-agent --execute x-session-manager
and my GNOME session starts correctly.
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
gnome-session:
Installed: 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gnome-session not started if /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager is a dangling
symlink
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289451
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