8.04 LTS Gnome hangs on start up

[jrcampos]

Version 8.04 LTS - On startup (usuallly the first boot on the day) GNOME desktop freezes , after choosing a user and inserting the password, I only get a BLACK SCREEN, with the bar on top. Programs will work normally. A reboot will fix the problem.

[jpangamarca (jpangamarca)]

Having similar problems here. On startup I get the two panels but the desktop is pitch black. if I restart X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) and log on again, I only get the desktop with icons but no panels. If I restart again, it goes normal.

[jrcampos (j-r-campos)]

It is strange that I only began to get this problem AFTER I have updated to version 8.04 LTS. I have used 6.04, 7.04 and 7.10 without this ever happening - no changes in hardware.

Searching the web it seems that others were getting this screen black out problem with earlier versions as well.

[phyz (phyz2010)]

i have the same problem too but to be save i got kde4 and i would like to fixed my gnome as my primary DM.While i'm using KDE4 and try using pidgin but it become freezing then i got to force quit.The same problem happend to any application gnome-base such as gnome terminal.I suspect there would be some problem with gnome interfaces.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

A few bits of information...
1. Are you using Compiz?
2. What video driver are you using?

[jrcampos (j-r-campos)]

Thanks for your reply. The problem occured immediately upon upgrade to
Ubuntu 8.04, but shortly disapeared, after some automatic updates. I am
not sure which update fixed the problem. It never occured aftwards, it
all OK now.

I am not using Compiz and I do no know which is my video driver, I am
using the default video driver insttaled with UBUNTU.

Joao

Mackenzie Morgan escreveu:
> A few bits of information...
> 1. Are you using Compiz?
> 2. What video driver are you using?
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
>

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Reporter states it was fixed by an update already.