The case of the missing desktop

[John Winterton]

Binary package hint: gdm

Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
gdm:
  Installed: 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.30.0-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

I was working on the Internet, and when I finished, the folders and files from my desktop directory were not on the screen. So, having had this before, I logged off and logged back on. The wall paper was displayed, but neither the desktop content nor the panels appeared. A reboot was required to restore normality.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdm 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 25 12:25:17 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[John Winterton (jwinterton)]

I think you can close this. I have switched to 11.04 and have not have a recurrence. There has also been an upgrade to the ATI driver (fglrx) that has fixed some other problems, It appears that there was an initialization problem with gdm coming from some complication with Xorg that has either been fixed or no longer exists because of revisions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gdm (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]