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Unity won't start on login

Bug #814189 reported by Jono Bacon on 2011-07-21

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
	unity (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I log into the Ubuntu session in oneiric, the desktop icons, mouse cursor and wallpaper display, but there is no panel or launcher. Alt-F2 and Super-A do not display the dash. I can click on a desktop icon and load for example an image, and window decorations are present.

If I switch to tty1 and run:

unity 2>&1 > ~/log

Unity starts and displays the panel (and the wallpaper, icons, mouse cursor and window decoration), but I have no launcher. My log file now contains:

DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:42 glib <unknown>:0 Unity accessibility initialization
WARN 2011-07-21 10:03:42 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid (NULL) pointer instance

Screen geometry changed:
  Monitor 0
   0x0x1600x900
  Monitor 1(primary)
   1600x0x1024x768

DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/applicationsplace
DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/filesplace
DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/gwibber
DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /net/launchpad/askubuntuplace
DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 Setting to primary screen rect: x=1600 y=0 w=1024 h=768
WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: Method "Children" with signature "" on interface "org.ayatana.bamf.view" doesn't exist

WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'
WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'
WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:18 glib.gdk <unknown>:0 compiz: Fatal IO error 0 (Success) on X server :0.

WARNING: no DISPLAY variable set, setting it to :0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.2.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unitydialog,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Thu Jul 21 10:08:14 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-07-13 12:27:27.246539
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
MachineType: LENOVO 7417CTO
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-5-generic root=UUID=70dfeb40-de6f-4ce0-9058-9ba257c3facd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-13 (7 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7UET81WW (3.11 )
dmi.board.name: 7417CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7UET81WW(3.11):bd11/26/2009:svnLENOVO:pn7417CTO:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn7417CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 7417CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0-3ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Jono Bacon (jonobacon) wrote on 2011-07-21:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (66.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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Jono Bacon (jonobacon) wrote on 2011-07-21:

Oh, and I am using gdm by the way.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-07-21: Re: [Bug 814189] Re: Unity won't start on login

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i believe xorg is eating 100% cpu when this happens for you, could you
see 'top' stats. If yes, I discussed this with didrocks on IRC
yesterday

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Jono Bacon <email address hidden> wrote:
> Oh, and I am using gdm by the way.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to unity
> in Ubuntu.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/814189
>
> Title:
> Unity won't start on login
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> When I log into the Ubuntu session in oneiric, the desktop icons,
> mouse cursor and wallpaper display, but there is no panel or launcher.
> Alt-F2 and Super-A do not display the dash. I can click on a desktop
> icon and load for example an image, and window decorations are
> present.
>
> If I switch to tty1 and run:
>
> unity 2>&1 > ~/log
>
> Unity starts and displays the panel (and the wallpaper, icons, mouse
> cursor and window decoration), but I have no launcher. My log file now
> contains:
>
> DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:42 glib <unknown>:0 Unity accessibility initialization
> WARN 2011-07-21 10:03:42 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid (NULL) pointer instance
>
> Screen geometry changed:
> Monitor 0
> 0x0x1600x900
> Monitor 1(primary)
> 1600x0x1024x768
>
> DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/applicationsplace
> DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/filesplace
> DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/gwibber
> DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /net/launchpad/askubuntuplace
> DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 Setting to primary screen rect: x=1600 y=0 w=1024 h=768
> WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: Method "Children" with signature "" on interface "org.ayatana.bamf.view" doesn't exist
>
>
> WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'
> WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'
> WARN 2011-07-21 10:04:18 glib.gdk <unknown>:0 compiz: Fatal IO error 0 (Success) on X server :0.
>
> WARNING: no DISPLAY variable set, setting it to :0
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: unity 4.2.0-0ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unitydialog,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: None
> Date: Thu Jul 21 10:08:14 2011
> DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-07-13 12:27:27.246539
> DistroCodename: oneiric
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
> Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (2011020...

i believe xorg is eating 100% cpu when this happens for you, could you
see 'top' stats.  If yes, I discussed this with didrocks on IRC
yesterday

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Jono Bacon <jono@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Oh, and I am using gdm by the way.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to unity
> in Ubuntu.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/814189
>
> Title:
>  Unity won't start on login
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  When I log into the Ubuntu session in oneiric, the desktop icons,
>  mouse cursor and wallpaper display, but there is no panel or launcher.
>  Alt-F2 and Super-A do not display the dash. I can click on a desktop
>  icon and load for example an image, and window decorations are
>  present.
>
>  If I switch to tty1 and run:
>
>       unity 2>&1 > ~/log
>
>  Unity starts and displays the panel (and the wallpaper, icons, mouse
>  cursor and window decoration), but I have no launcher. My log file now
>  contains:
>
>  DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:42 glib <unknown>:0 Unity accessibility initialization
>  WARN  2011-07-21 10:03:42 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 invalid (NULL) pointer instance
>
>  Screen geometry changed:
>    Monitor 0
>     0x0x1600x900
>    Monitor 1(primary)
>     1600x0x1024x768
>
>  DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/applicationsplace
>  DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/filesplace
>  DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /com/canonical/unity/gwibber
>  DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 /net/launchpad/askubuntuplace
>  DEBUG 2011-07-21 10:03:43 glib <unknown>:0 Setting to primary screen rect: x=1600 y=0 w=1024 h=768
>  WARN  2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: Method "Children" with signature "" on interface "org.ayatana.bamf.view" doesn't exist
>
>
>  WARN  2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'
>  WARN  2011-07-21 10:04:14 glib.glib-gobject <unknown>:0 instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'
>  WARN  2011-07-21 10:04:18 glib.gdk <unknown>:0 compiz: Fatal IO error 0 (Success) on X server :0.
>
>  WARNING: no DISPLAY variable set, setting it to :0
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: unity 4.2.0-0ubuntu5
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic i686
>  Architecture: i386
>  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unitydialog,unityshell]
>  CompositorRunning: None
>  Date: Thu Jul 21 10:08:14 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-07-13 12:27:27.246539
>  DistroCodename: oneiric
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  GraphicsCard:
>   Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
>     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
>  MachineType: LENOVO 7417CTO
>  ProcEnviron:
>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-5-generic root=UUID=70dfeb40-de6f-4ce0-9058-9ba257c3facd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-13 (7 days ago)
>  dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2009
>  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.bios.version: 7UET81WW (3.11 )
>  dmi.board.name: 7417CTO
>  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.board.version: Not Available
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7UET81WW(3.11):bd11/26/2009:svnLENOVO:pn7417CTO:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn7417CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
>  dmi.product.name: 7417CTO
>  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400
>  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.2-1ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0-3ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/814189/+subscriptions
>

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2011-08-10

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-08-10:

Jono, Is that still an issue for you, I believe it be fixed already.

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Jono Bacon (jonobacon) wrote on 2011-08-10:

On 08/10/2011 01:13 PM, Omer Akram wrote:
> Jono, Is that still an issue for you, I believe it be fixed already.
>
Nope, it is fixed.

Jono

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Omer Akram (om26er) on 2011-08-10

Changed in unity:
status:	Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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Jono Bacon (jonobacon) wrote on 2011-08-10:

This is no longer a problem. Marked as Invalid.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-08-10:

thanks for the quick response. closing.

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