I've noticed some errors that may be related inside the ~/.Xsession-errors file: Xsession: X session started for cott at Thu May 15 10:10:22 EDT 2014 localuser:cott being added to access control list Script for ibus started at run_im. Script for auto started at run_im. Script for default started at run_im. Script for ibus started at run_im. Script for auto started at run_im. Script for default started at run_im. x-session-manager[13561]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file gnome-screensaver.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/59319/keyring-w66G9H GNOME_KEYRING_PID=13690 GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/59319/keyring-w66G9H SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/59319/keyring-w66G9H/ssh GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/59319/keyring-w66G9H GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/59319/keyring-w66G9H SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/59319/keyring-w66G9H/ssh GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/59319/keyring-w66G9H/gpg:0:1 ** (unity-settings-daemon:13702): WARNING **: Name taken or bus went away - shutting down compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: core compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: core compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ccp compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ccp (gnome-settings-daemon:13694): media-keys-plugin-WARNING **: Grab failed for some keys, another application may already have access the them. (gnome-settings-daemon:13694): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code24: Failed to rename file '/home/cott/.config/dconf/user.DRS4FX' to '/home/cott/.config/dconf/user': g_rename() failed: Device or resource busy ** (process:13749): CRITICAL **: bluez.vala:104: GDBus.Error:org.bluez.Error.NoSuchAdapter: No such adapter compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: composite compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: composite (process:13803): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: opengl ** (process:13765): CRITICAL **: volume_control_set_volume_internal: assertion '_tmp1_ == PA_CONTEXT_READY' failed compiz (core) - Info: Unity is fully supported by your hardware. compiz (core) - Info: Unity is not supported by your hardware. Enabling software rendering instead (slow). ** (indicator-printers-service:13759): WARNING **: Error subscribing to CUPS notifications: Bad file descriptor compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: opengl ** (process:13765): CRITICAL **: file /build/buildd/indicator-sound-12.10.2+14.04.20140401/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/src/volume-control.c: line 1775: uncaught error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: No such interface (g-dbus-error-quark, 16) compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: place compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: place compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: regex compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: regex compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: resize compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: resize compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: session compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: session I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/cott/.compiz/session/10ae8d458df8cacea2140016302341646600000135610001" compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: snap compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: snap compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: vpswitch compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: vpswitch compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: wall compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: wall compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: animation compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: animation compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: commands compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: commands compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: compiztoolbox compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: compiztoolbox compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: copytex compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: copytex compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: fade compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: fade compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: grid compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: grid compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: imgpng compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: imgpng compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: mousepoll compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: mousepoll compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: move compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: move compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: scale compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: scale compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: unitymtgrabhandles compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: unitymtgrabhandles (nm-applet:13787): nm-applet-WARNING **: Error connecting to ModemManager: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.ModemManager1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Cannot launch daemon, file not found or permissions invalid compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: workarounds compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: workarounds compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: expo compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: expo compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ezoom compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ezoom compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: unityshell compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: unityshell compizconfig - Info: Backend : gsettings compizconfig - Info: Integration : true compizconfig - Info: Profile : unity WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:25 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:579 Can't register object 'org.gnome.Shell' yet as we don't have a connection, waiting for it... ERROR 2014-05-15 10:10:25 unity.debug.interface DebugDBusInterface.cpp:196 Unable to load entry point in libxpathselect: libxpathselect.so.1.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:25 xim.controller XIMController.cpp:103 IBus natively supported. WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:26 unityct(io) :0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:26 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:579 Can't register object 'com.canonical.Unity.Launcher' yet as we don't have a connection, waiting for it... WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:26 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:579 Can't register object 'com.canonical.Unity.Dash' yet as we don't have a connection, waiting for it... WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:26 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:579 Can't register object 'org.gnome.SessionManager.EndSessionDialog' yet as we don't have a connection, waiting for it... WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:26 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:579 Can't register object 'com.canonical.Unity.Session' yet as we don't have a connection, waiting for it... WARN 2014-05-15 10:10:26 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:579 Can't register object 'org.gnome.ScreenSaver' yet as we don't have a connection, waiting for it... ERROR 2014-05-15 10:10:27 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:524 DBus name lost 'org.gnome.Shell' ERROR 2014-05-15 10:10:27 unity.glib.dbus.server GLibDBusServer.cpp:524 DBus name lost 'com.canonical.Unity' (nm-applet:13787): nm-applet-WARNING **: Could not find ShellVersion property on org.gnome.Shell after 5 tries (gnome-terminal:14024): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_settings_get: the format string may not contain '&' (key 'monospace-font-name' from schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface'). This call will probably stop working with a future version of glib. (zeitgeist-datahub:14066): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (zeitgeist-datahub:14066): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed ** (zeitgeist-datahub:14066): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:132: Desktop file for "file:///home/cott/Pictures/useravatar.png" was not found, exec: google-chrome-stable, mime_type: image/png ** (zeitgeist-datahub:14066): WARNING **: recent-manager-provider.vala:132: Desktop file for "file:///home/cott/Documents/isolinux.cfg" was not found, exec: google-chrome-stable, mime_type: application/octet-stream Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing. I believe the issue with the recent-manager-provider may just be the home folder not being mounted before checking? I don't really know though.