[Dell Optiplex 360] GDM does not display icons or panels on desktop

[Marc Legris]

Binary package hint: gdm

Currently when a user boots the system to the desktop, only the wallpaper is shown. The normally present top and bottom panels are not shown to the user.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3625 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdfdfc000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984A'
   Components : 'HDA:11d4194a,10280294,00100400'
   Controls : 34
   Simple ctrls : 20
Date: Mon Apr 11 10:36:08 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c48554ac-5c12-49d4-b6e3-350a6bd66090
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110329)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 360
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=0166b3f3-be7c-4763-b07f-04d57e2d1d2c ro quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.50
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/15/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X01
dmi.board.name: 0T656F
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX01:bd04/15/2008:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex360:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0T656F:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 360
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Jörgen Lidholm (jorgen-lidholm)]

I have the same problem on a Dell Precision M65 with nVidia Corporation G72GL [Quadro FX 350M] (rev a1) graphics card.
I've had this problem since Beta 1 and still after the upgrade to Beta 2 with nvidia-current-270.41.03.

How can I help triage this problem?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, does selecting classic gnome in the session list work? do you get the issue using nouveau rather than the nvidia driver?

[Jörgen Lidholm (jorgen-lidholm)]

Both Unity and Gnome Classic fails.
However, Unity-2D and Gnome Classic (no effects) works.
So I guess it is compiz related somehow.

Haven't tried nouveau yet.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

reassigning to compiz but it might be an nvidia driver bug

[Jörgen Lidholm (jorgen-lidholm)]

It sort of works with nouveau, the left bar in unity (launcher bar) doesn't hide it
overlaps my applications.

[Jörgen Lidholm (jorgen-lidholm)]

I've now tried the nouveau driver and it works. That is, I can see the launcher bar and the top bar.
However the launcher bar doesn't hide correctly, but could be unrelated to this "bug".

[Marc Legris (maaarc-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Installed a newer image (20110425), issue is not longer present.