No background, no icons after gnome login

[keepitsimpleengr]

Binary package hint: nautilus

After 2008/06/23 update...
After gnome session login, no icons or background image are displayed as expected
After restart X-server, background and icons are drawn on screen, but compiz and avant do not work.

:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

:~$ uname -a
... 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

:~$ apt-cache policy nautilus
nautilus:
  Installed: 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.22.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

:~$ apt-cache policy compiz
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.7.4-0ubuntu7
  Candidate: 1:0.7.4-0ubuntu7
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.7.4-0ubuntu7 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.7.4-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

:~$ apt-cache policy avant-window-navigator
avant-window-navigator:
  Installed: 0.2.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.2.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Venkatraman.S (blizzardz)]

Than you for taking your time to file this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

1) is compiz setup to start as part of the session-start(you can check this by System > Preferences > System > Syststem Start tab) ? or are you starting it by alt+f2 and then "compiz --replace"?

2) are you using nvidia card? if yes, what is the version of the driver?

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Note: After changing some compiz configuration parameters and doing a cold boot, it now works. avant now also works.

compiz is not in menu: System>Preferences>Sessions>Tab:Startup Programs, although avant is.
compiz is in System>Preferences>Sessions>Tab:Current Session and has an order 10.

I am unaware of how compiz is started, compiz was installed with synaptic two days ago.

:~$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
rc nvidia-glx 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.12-16.34 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
ii nvidia-glx-new 169.12+2.6.24.13-19.42 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org 'new' driver
ii nvidia-glx-new-dev 169.12+2.6.24.13-19.42 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org 'new' driver
ii nvidia-kernel-common 20051028+1ubuntu8 NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
ii nvidia-new-kernel-source 169.12+2.6.24.13-19.42 NVIDIA binary 'new' kernel module source
ii nvidia-settings 1.0+20080304-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

:~$ dpkg -l | grep envy
ii envyng-core 1.1.1ubuntu17 install the ATI or the NVIDIA driver
ii envyng-gtk 1.1.1ubuntu1 install the ATI or the NVIDIA driver

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT] [10de:0045] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:0204]
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 248 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
 Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
 Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 Region 2: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
 [virtual] Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

SOLVED

Applied fix for #209207
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/209207