Bug#389126: gnome-session: hangs at login with xorg 7.1

[Stephen Touset]

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.14.3-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


I recently upgraded to Xorg 7.1. Since doing so, logging into GNOME produces
my background, and dark-grey where the gnome-panel should be.

The system is still responsive, except no further updates are displayed on the
screen. I can open programs using keyboard shortcuts, but nothing other than
the background, and grey bars for the panel is ever displayed.

I logged in to GDM with xterm, and started various components independently.
gnome-panel, nautilus, gnome-settings-daemon, and metacity all started without
problem. However, invoking gnome-session results in the problem. I can Ctrl+C
out of it, at this point, but the screen is still stuck in a frozen state.

In case it's useful, I'm also using the latest fglrx driver.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.14.2-3+b1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.12.2-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6.ds1-4   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libesd0                    0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-4      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.12.3-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.14.3-1      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-3      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.20-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.1-2     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.0-2    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.4-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.1-3     X11 Session Management library
ii  libwrap0                   7.6.dbs-11    Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-9     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.1-2     X11 authorisation library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-4   X11 RandR extension library

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus                          0.92-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  desktop-base                  0.3.17     common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gnome-panel                   2.14.3-2   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  metacity                      1:2.14.5-1 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.14.3-1   file manager and graphical shell f

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