[radeon] Desktop Not Present on Reboot

[carickw]

This just started recently, and i have not made any system changes.

When i restart my system, everything comes up except my desktop. I don't mean my image, as that is there, but no icons are shown and i can not click the desktop to deselect everything. I didn't know how to summarize that, but that is what it means.

The fix to this is relatively easy, but it should not be necessary. To fix this i just: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart the X-Server or what ever that is, and then it works fine. Thanks

PS: This is every reboot, not just every or something.

Distribution is Hardy.

From .xsession-errors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:8007): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

[Harsh Singh (hisingh1)]

Please be more specific! What distribution are you running [hardy gutsy?] Some programs also leave error messages in ~/.xsession-errors. Take a look there and see if there is something that can help debug your issue. You can learn more about the proper way to submit a bug regarding the graphic environment, your video card or monitor by reading debugging X. Also be sure to add your computer model and your video card... as this is most likely a problem with X server.
Thanks!

[Harsh Singh (hisingh1)]

Really general xorg problem... More details should be arriving soon.

[carickw (carick-wienke)]

Hi, sorry for a bad bug submission; i did it in haste. Today, when i
booted up my machine it worked first try, however last night it too
three tries to get the desktop up. Anyway, i looked fo
~/.xsession-errors and there was no such folder (maybe because it
worked?). But i have a HP/Compaq NC8430 Laptop (i think with standard
equipment) which has an ATI (AMD) Radeon x1600 i believe.

Thanks,
Carick

Harsh Singh wrote:
> Please be more specific! What distribution are you running [hardy gutsy?] Some programs also leave error messages in ~/.xsession-errors. Take a look there and see if there is something that can help debug your issue. You can learn more about the proper way to submit a bug regarding the graphic environment, your video card or monitor by reading debugging X. Also be sure to add your computer model and your video card... as this is most likely a problem with X server.
> Thanks!
>
>

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

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.xsession-errors is a file in your home-directory. Probably you have to
enable "Show hidden files" in nautilus to see it.

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[carickw (carick-wienke)]

Andreas Moog wrote:
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Oh sorry, i thought it was a folder. I have attached it.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Reassigning to gnome-desktop as i think its not an xorg issue.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[carickw (carick-wienke)]

Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 218070 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218070
>
> Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been
> reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.
>
> ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: gnome-desktop => nautilus
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 218070
> Nautilus not showing the desktop icons & wallpaper on login
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>
okay, well there is obviously something different, because i do have my
wallpaper showing.