Comment 3 for bug 20638

~/.xsession-errors reports:

/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp
-u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "lordan"
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
grep: /etc/gconf/1/path: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/gconf/1/path: No such file or directory
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/20desktop-profiles_activateDesktopProfiles: line 138:
/usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/user_home: No such file or directory
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/20desktop-profiles_activateDesktopProfiles: line 157:
/usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/user_home: No such file or directory
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/30xorg-common_xresources: line 16: XRDBOPTS: command not found
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/30xorg-common_xresources: line 16: XRDBOPTS: command not found
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/30xorg-common_xresources: line 16: XRDBOPTS: command not found
No profile for user 'lordan' found
_IceTransTransNoListen: unable to find transport: tcp
_IceTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /dev/X will not be created.
_IceTransmkdir: ERROR: Cannot create /dev/X
_IceTransPTSOpenServer: mkdir(/dev/X) failed, errno = 13
_IceTransOpen: transport open failed for pts/orthanc.backa97.net:
_IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for pts
_IceTransISCOpenServer: Protocol is not supported by a ISC connection
_IceTransOpen: transport open failed for isc/orthanc.backa97.net:
_IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for isc
_IceTransSCOOpenServer: Protocol is not supported by a SCO connection
_IceTransOpen: transport open failed for sco/orthanc.backa97.net:
_IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for sco
SESSION_MANAGER=unix/orthanc.backa97.net:/tmp/.ICE-unix/6451

** (gnome-session:6451): WARNING **: Host name lookup failure on localhost.
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file
/home/lordan/.metacity/sessions/1126733476-10346-392956260.ms: Failed to open
file '/home/lordan/.metacity/sessions/1126733476-10346-392956260.ms': No such
file or directory
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
...
...

It also contains loads of (over 4000 when I grep -c -H'ed):

art_render_invoke: no image source given

Possibly related, possibly unrelated, but nautilus and gnome-panel end up eating
all my core and need to be kill -HUP'ed.