gdm does not always fully restore the desktop on login

[John Winterton]

Binary package hint: xorg

Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When xord calls gdm to create the desktop, and login is successful, sometimes gdm fails to restore the desktop. I have had it fail completely providing no desktop other than the wall paper, when I had to boot using the keyboard three magic keys; I have had it restore the panels but not the desktop folder display -- annoying, but work around-able since I don't carry much on my desktop; but what really caused me to send this in was the tendency to drop my lower panel, which, while only a nuisance, is something it shouldn't do. I suspect the problem may be in the initiator for panel, but have no way of really knowing.

While gdm is one of the best desktop managers I have ever encountered, since it is the default for this system, it definitely needs polishing.

I am not running 10.10 because I use Nvidia-96 driver and it is broken. I have reported that bug, but have received no advice that it has been fixed. It appears that the driver is not broken, but the xorg interface to it comes up with an undefined symbol, which effectively breaks it. Also, there are some features in 10.10 that are not ready for people. I've reported the ones I found.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 28 14:19:33 2010
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-96, 96.43.17, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-96, 96.43.17, 2.6.32-25-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: HP Pavilion 06 DF247A-ABA 725N
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=cac14553-339e-41ac-94c8-66d7dfe1fc4c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3.21
dmi.board.name: A7N8X-LA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3.21:bd08/31/2004:svnHPPavilion06:pnDF247A-ABA725N:pvr05/1211RE101EXPLO:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnA7N8X-LA:rvr1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: DF247A-ABA 725N
dmi.product.version: 05/1211RE101EXPLO
dmi.sys.vendor: HP Pavilion 06
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-25-generic

[John Winterton (jwinterton)]

s/xord/xorg/

[John Winterton (jwinterton)]

No longer relevant to me as I have a new machine that does not use nVidia technology. Has not occurred using the AMD/ATI technology I am currently using.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version is no longer supported; EOL reached since a while.