I added "and started dbus" as a condition for starting gdm, but I am still having this problem (and it seems to take longer to boot up). I guess it must be something else.
xsession-errors contains the following: ** (gnome-panel:1615): WARNING **: panel-applet-frame.c:1310: failed to get Bonobo/Control interface on applet OAFIID:GNOME_WindowPicker: Unknown CORBA exception id: 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0' ** (gnome-panel:1615): WARNING **: panel-applet-frame.c:1310: failed to get Bonobo/Control interface on applet OAFIID:GNOME_GoHome: Unknown CORBA exception id: 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0' This bug might be similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /gnome-applets/+bug/294412 -- Series of GNOME errors upon startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426965 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs