Bug#297937: gnome-session: gnome-smproxy hangs, making login process last several minutes

[Loïc Minier]

        Hi,

On Thu, Mar 03, 2005, Sam Morris wrote:
> I have been through the following process many times over the last few
> weeks, but have been unable to solve it. At first, I can log in without
> any problems. But after a few logins, the login process stops at
> "starting gnome-smproxy".
> 
> I then either have to switch to a TTY and kill gnome-smproxy, or wait
> several minutes after which either gnome-smproxy continues, or
> gnome-session times out and carries on with the next process (metacity)=
.

 Please try to login within "strace", strace will log the system calls
 done by the process and will permit us to know where gnome-session is
 stuck.

 To achieve this, please run:
    % strace -f -o startx.strace -tt startx

 Compress (gzip) the startx.strace file and send it to this bug report.

   Thanks,

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Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
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