gnome-shell freeze if I login shortly to system-startup (autologin)

[Jan]

I am running gnome-shell on 3 Machines:
1 prue Intel Laptop
1 Intel/Nvidia Optimus (use only Intel graphics)
1 AMD/Nvidia (nvidia proprietary driver)

On ALL Machines the desktop is frozen very often if I login nearby the system startup (in cause of autologin for example).
If I wait a while on the loginscreen after the system been started (no autologin) and then login to the gnome-shell everything works fine.

After the desktop is frozen I can:
* Move the mouse
* Switch to a console via Alt-Ctrl-Fx
* Restart lightdm on a console and everything works fine
* Switch back to the desktop with Alt-Ctrl-F7, Desktop is black, mouse is movable

I take a look to all logs an found nothing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.4.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic-pae 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 22 09:22:49 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brazen (jdinkel)]

Do you also get this in the top-right corner? http://i.imgur.com/LPiKgdO.jpg

I have the exact same problem when I log in quickly after startup. I have to count to 10 after booting to the login screen and then I can login without freezing. I also use LightDM, so I don't know if maybe this issue would go away if we used gdm.

[Jan (jan-tux)]

Meanwhile I have tested more and more Systems and EVERY System is affected by this issue. I tried gdm also, without any positive effect. I also update to 12.04.2 (lts-quantal kernel and xserver) without any positive effect.

So I continue getting a cup of coffee after power on and before log in.

[Federico Gazaba (federico-gazaba-6)]

It happen tom me too. Not always, but when start without AC and then when start with AC.

I have 12.04 from fresh install on samsung serie 5 laptop 24gb ssd and 500gb hdd.

[krusade (krusade)]

This bug is still present in Gnome 3.4.2 with about 1 in 10 logins resulting into a freeze. Please keep in mind a lot of people use automatic login so there is no way for them to hack their way out of this bug by counting to 10 before logging in.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS reached End of Life in April. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and re-test. If the bug is still reproducible, increase the verbosity of the steps to recreate it so we can try again.

I apologize that we are not always to respond to bug reports promptly. Do feel free to report any other bugs you may find.