failed to load session "gnome"

[DrPaulaner]

after typing in the password i got the sign: failed to load session"gnome" with a logout button.

Installation without errors natty daily built from tonigt 32 bit

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

I can confirm I am also getting errors loading sessions. This may be
related to the new gnome-session released a day ago. Please make sure
gnome-session and gnome-session-common are installed and up to date.

On May 6, 2011, at 8:30 AM, DrPaulaner <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> after typing in the password i got the sign: failed to load
> session"gnome" with a logout button.
>
> Installation without errors natty daily built from tonigt 32 bit
>
> ** Affects: ugr-meta
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to UGR
> (Ubuntu Gnome Remix) Project.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778498
>
> Title:
> failed to load session "gnome"
>
> Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> after typing in the password i got the sign: failed to load
> session"gnome" with a logout button.
>
> Installation without errors natty daily built from tonigt 32 bit

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

they are installed and newest version,also i did an dist-upgrade -f but no change

[kmb42vt (tbeposts)]

I'm currently running UGR on Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64) final with the "dev channel" repository enabled along with the standard UGR repositories.

I just did a 'apt-get dist-upgrade' which, among other things, upgraded 'gnome-session' and 'gnome-session-common' to 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~build2. I restarted and had no problems logging in. In fact the time from login to an actual usable Gnome 3 desktop has been greatly reduced as before this recent update it took several seconds from login to usable desktop. After this recent update the time has been cut down to only 2 to 4 seconds.

As I said, I've added the new "dev" channel repo so perhaps that's the reason I'm not experiencing the error? And just as a suggestion, in order to make these bug reports more informative some basic information should be added such as the Ubuntu build (64 or 32 bit) which was in this case, and whether or not the "dev channel" repo has been enabled or not.

[kmb42vt (tbeposts)]

Update:

I should add that the previous update to 'gnome-session' and 'gnome-session-common' (3.0.1-0ubuntu1~build1) did not cause any login problems either. Using same settings as in my previous comment.

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

so..tried out that ppa with dev versions, no chance; installed a fresh natty 32 bit, did an upgrade, dist-upgrade, added the ppa´s installed as mentioned at the homepage, got an gnome sessions dependency error, did apt get dist upgrade with -f option, installed ugr and gnome panel and rebootet...

same error with the sessions window

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

What happened here was that the GNOME3 team put out a version of
gnome-session and gnome-session-common two days ago that was bad. They
just uploaded a new one that probably fixes it.

On May 6, 2011, at 12:35 PM, DrPaulaner <email address hidden> wrote:

> so..tried out that ppa with dev versions, no chance; installed a fresh
> natty 32 bit, did an upgrade, dist-upgrade, added the ppa´s installed as
> mentioned at the homepage, got an gnome sessions dependency error, did
> apt get dist upgrade with -f option, installed ugr and gnome panel and
> rebootet...
>
>
> same error with the sessions window
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to UGR
> (Ubuntu Gnome Remix) Project.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778498
>
> Title:
> failed to load session "gnome"
>
> Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> after typing in the password i got the sign: failed to load
> session"gnome" with a logout button.
>
> Installation without errors natty daily built from tonigt 32 bit

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

no, did an apt-get upgrade via recovery terminal session, still do have the " failed to load session"sessionname" error in gnomeshell or ubuntu, the only working part is the recovery terminal

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

Gnome-session had it's dependencies changed, so it won't upgrade using
apt-get upgrade. Run apt-get update, then apt-get install
gnome-session.

On May 7, 2011, at 2:45 AM, DrPaulaner <email address hidden> wrote:

> no, did an apt-get upgrade via recovery terminal session, still do have
> the " failed to load session"sessionname" error in gnomeshell or ubuntu,
> the only working part is the recovery terminal
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to UGR
> (Ubuntu Gnome Remix) Project.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778498
>
> Title:
> failed to load session "gnome"
>
> Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> after typing in the password i got the sign: failed to load
> session"gnome" with a logout button.
>
> Installation without errors natty daily built from tonigt 32 bit

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

it tells me that gnome-session is allready newest version.
So i do an upt-get purge gnome session followed by an apt-get install gnome-session but still the same sessions error

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

Is gnome-session-common installed? I do not get this error on my
computers with the latest gnome-session and gnome-session-common.

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

yes it is

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

Are you absolutely sure you have the correct repositories installed? If you installed UGR when it first came out, you need to change them, see http://ugr.teampr0xy.net/install

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

i followed this one step by step after someone told me to use the dev ppa´s
http://ugr.teampr0xy.net/dev-preview-channel

i do have e clean fresh installation, no ugr 0,1 before, just beginning with 0,2

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

I really don't know what's going on then- I had this issue a few days
ago, but the gnome 3 team released a fix yesterday.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

I must be missing something here, maybe my reading abilities are faulty, but even the link provided by DrPaulaner says clearly:

"DO NOT install this on a production machine, THERE IS NO DOWNGRADE PATH. THIS HAS NO WARRANTY, AND IT COULD SERIOUSLY MESS THINGS UP. "

How can we be more clear that we're in early development?

That's not to say that bugs shouldn't be reported, but we do need to recognize what's a true bug and what's simply a matter of development catching up over all.

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

@Eric completely true

@DrPaulaner What is the error message like? Is it exactly the same as described, with a failed to load session _____ and a logout button? If it isn't, this is probably your bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ugr-meta/+bug/756546
Otherwise, this issue has gone away for everyone else and can't be replicated anymore, so there's virtually no way for us to fix it right now, unfortunately.

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

@erick: yes, i am able to read and to UNDERSTAND that it is an early early alpha version, but it i - in my opinion- an hard bug, so i do report. Sorry for that.

@ JC yes it is exactly as i was reportin and it is NOT like in the bug you did link; ido NOT have an desktop with docky, only a tiny logout switch window telling me that it is unable to load session "sessionnameinhere"

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

@DrPaulaner I appreciate your paitence as we work through this bug. Please run the following commands so I can check the installed versions of your packages:
dpkg -s gnome-session
dpkg -s gnome-session-common
dpkg -s ugr-desktop-g3

Remember, the Ubuntu session probably won't work, but everything else should.

[Tom Syroid (tsyroid)]

Just for the record, I'm watching progress on this to avoid any duplication

[DrPaulaner (dr-paulaner)]

sorry for late answering, needet some time to figure out how to get the terminal messages to a working system:

Package: gnome-session
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 188
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Version: 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~build2
Replaces: gnome-session-bin (<= 3.0.0-0ubuntu1), gnome3-session
Provides: gnome3-session, x-session-manager
Depends: gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.0), policykit-1-gnome, gnome-session-bin (>= 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~build2), gnome-session-bin (<< 3.1), gnome-session-common (= 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~build2)
Recommends: gnome-power-manager, notification-daemon
Suggests: gnome-user-guide, desktop-base, gnome-session-fallback, gnome-shell (>= 3.0), gnome-keyring
Breaks: bug-buddy (<< 2.20), gnome-power-manager (<< 2.28), xserver-xorg (<< 1:7.4)
Conflicts: gnome3-session
Description: GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 3 session
 The GNOME Session Manager is in charge of starting the core components
 of the GNOME desktop, and applications that should be launched at
 login time. It also features a way to save and restore currently
 running applications.
 .
 This package contains the required components for the standard GNOME 3
 session, based on the GNOME Shell. It can be started from a display
 manager such as GDM, and requires 3D acceleration to work properly.
Original-Maintainer: Josselin Mouette <email address hidden>

Package: gnome-session-common
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 1988
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: all
Source: gnome-session
Version: 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~build2
Replaces: gnome-session (<= 3.0.0-0ubuntu1), gnome-session-bin (<= 3.0.0-0ubuntu1), libgnomevfs2-common (<< 1:2.24.0-3)
Conffiles:
 /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc 565c22d1f142ae99c5b779a2e4f137a8
Description: GNOME Session Manager - common files
 The GNOME Session Manager is in charge of starting the core components
 of the GNOME desktop, and applications that should be launched at
 login time. It also features a way to save and restore currently
 running applications.
 .
 This package contains the translations, data files and startup scripts
 which are common to the GNOME and GNOME fallback sessions.
Original-Maintainer: Josselin Mouette <email address hidden>

Package: ugr-desktop-g3
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: metapackages
Installed-Size: 32
Maintainer: JC Hulce <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Source: ugr-meta
Version: 24~natty1
Replaces: gir1.2-mutter-2.91, gnome-accessibility-themes, ubuntu-desktop
Depends: alacarte, alsa-base, alsa-utils, anacron, baobab, bc, ca-certificates, cantarell-fonts, checkbox-gtk, cups, cups-bsd, cups-client, dc, desktop-file-utils, doc-base, eog, evince, file-roller, foomatic-db-compressed-ppds, foomatic-filters, gcalctool, gconf-editor, gdm, gedit, genisoimage, ghostscript-x, gnome-about, gnome-applets, gnome-control-center, gnome-desktop3-data, gnome-icon-theme, gnome-media, gnome-menus, gnome-nettool, gnome-panel, gnome-power-manager, gnome-screenshot, gnome-search-tool, gnome-session, g...

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

@DrPaulaner I really do not know what your issue is, but it is certainly different than the issues everyone else was having. Unfortunately the only possible solution I can give you is reinstall Ubuntu/ UGR, and hope that fixes the issue.