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compiz package

  1. Oneiric (11.10)
  2. Bug #929655
  3. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 929655

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

jpds posted me the pertinent bits from the .xsession-errors:

** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:1522): DEBUG: ConsoleKit session is active 0
gnome-session[1430]: WARNING: Application 'compiz.desktop' killed by signal
gnome-session[1430]: WARNING: App 'compiz.desktop' respawning too quickly
gnome-session[1430]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....

So, compiz is definitely getting stuck in a loop. gnome-session notices it's failing and (I guess) restarts the session.

I'd follow the usual compiz troubleshooting steps from here. Enable debugging; test a guest session; run compiz through gdb; disable compiz plugins one by one, etc.