the desktop stays black for a while but then it recovers

[Bernd Porr]

The session is gnome fallback with the classical menus.

Feb 19 00:09:52 bp1-Dimension-9100 dbus[421]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.UDisks2' (using servicehelper)
Feb 19 00:09:52 bp1-Dimension-9100 udisksd[1882]: udisks daemon version 2.1.2 starting
Feb 19 00:09:52 bp1-Dimension-9100 dbus[421]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2'
Feb 19 00:09:52 bp1-Dimension-9100 udisksd[1882]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the system message bus
Feb 19 00:11:17 bp1-Dimension-9100 gnome-session[1563]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-panel.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Feb 19 00:11:17 bp1-Dimension-9100 gnome-session[1563]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
Feb 19 00:13:16 bp1-Dimension-9100 kernel: [ 281.826393] type=1006 audit(1392768796.932:74): pid=2177 uid=0 old auid=4294967295 new auid=1000 old ses=4294967295 new ses=2 res=1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Wed Feb 19 00:13:56 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV370 [Radeon X300] [1002:5b60] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0302]
   Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0303]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-09 (71 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131209)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dimension 9100
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-8-generic root=UUID=781db715-a195-4dda-b877-9f7c87a81821 ro
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/25/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A01
dmi.board.name: 0X8582
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd05/25/2005:svnDellInc.:pnDimension9100:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X8582:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 9100
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140214-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 19 00:09:06 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input USB Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8
 input Dell Dell USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
 input i2c IR (Hauppauge) KEYBOARD, id 10
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.0-1ubuntu6
xserver.video_driver: radeon

[Quinn Balazs (qbalazs)]

There might be a few things going on here, this is a bit of a guess. Reassign if needed.