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FS#4249 - Gnome fails to start correctly from gdm

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dan Gray (deggy) - Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 07:09 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category System
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.1 Noodle
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

When I start gnome from gdm as the default session none of the themes, desktop icons etc work properly. However, if I start the 'failsafe terminal' from gdm and then run gnome-session from that everything starts fine.

I have a regular archlinux setup and none of the profiles have been changed. Additionally if I create a brand new user and try to launch gnome exactly the same behaviour is seen.

This began following an upgrade to 2.14 in testing but has continued following regression to 2.12 in extra.
This task depends upon

Closed by  arjan timmerman (blaasvis)
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 21:36 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  well great you found a solution
Comment by Dan Gray (deggy) - Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 07:29 GMT
Gnome also starts more-or-less from the failsafe gnome option, but the Applocations menu breaks.

I can delete any combination of .gnome* .metacity .nautilus and the gconfd files in /tmp - nothing works, even a 'plain' initial install leaves me with a broken desktop, although the failsafe gnome is always better and available.
Comment by Dan Gray (deggy) - Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 15:37 GMT
I think i've fixed this - I did two things, firstly I refreshed the /etc/profile.d files from their packages, and then I found that for some reason gdk-pixbuf was not installed. With both of those done things seem to be working fine.

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