gnome-session doesn't always start

[papukaija]

Binary package hint: gnome-session

For some reason gnome-session doesn't always start. I have to use the xtern session from gdm to then start gnome-session manually (the attached screenshot shows the first messages given by the gnomoe-session command). This issue started after some updates (gdm, xsplash ...).

Workaround: wait up to 2-3 minutes before trying to login (I have no idea what the system does).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 7 22:51:43 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate i386 (20091020.3)
Package: gnome-session 2.28.0-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-session
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Just adding the translations for the error message shown in the screenshot:
"Tallennetun istuntotiedoston x luku epäonnistui " = "Failed to read the saved session file x"

"Tiedoston x avaaminen epäonnistui:Tiedostoa tai hakemistoa ei ole olemassa" =
"Could not open file x: File or folder is missing"

[papukaija (papukaija)]

After testing, this bug actually happens to users having an encrypted /home folder and for those having an unencrypted /home folder.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

I found this from /etc/gdm/:0-greeter.log

Ikkunointiohjelman varoitus: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x1600027
Ikkunointiohjelman varoitus: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
[...]
Ikkunointiohjelman varoitus: CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct.
Ikkunointiohjelman varoitus: Got a request to focus the no_focus_window with a timestamp of 0. This shouldn't happen!

(Ikkunointiohjelman varoitus = window manager's warning)

[papukaija (papukaija)]

This bug is actually caused by bug 475935 and that bug fixes this bug.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Sorry I meant bug 475936.

[papukaija (papukaija)]

I was wrong. After disabling encrypted swap and home folder, I can still reproduce this bug.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Removing the regression-update tag - Karmic has had no gnome-session updates since release. If this is a regression due to a stable update, then it's got nothing to do with gnome-session

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Maybe this is a regression-update in gdm (I started to get this bug around 2009-11-07).

[papukaija (papukaija)]

Marking as dupplicate of bug 454437 since this gnome-session package has not been updated in Karmic.