Bug#532702: gnome session lasts only less than 10 seconds

Wed Jun 10 20:00:26 UTC 2009

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.26.1-6
Severity: normal

Hi,

since the (last?) update of gnome-session (sid) a bit more than a week
ago, my gnome session is only partly functional. Here are
my .xsession-errors:

/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-DTCfZy/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-DTCfZy/socket.ssh
** (gnome-volume-control-applet:22893): DEBUG: Disabling debugging
gnome-session[22686]: WARNING: Could not launch application
'nm-applet.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute
child process "nm-applet" (No such file or directory)
gnome-session[22686]: WARNING: Could not launch application
'102478e2e38e34b3e0124423209395352300000104560030.desktop': Unable to
start application: Failed to execute child process "topshelf.py" (No
such file or directory)
gnome-session[22686]: WARNING: Could not launch application
'102478e2e38e34b3e0124423209423918100000104560032.desktop': Unable to
start application: Failed to execute child process
"debian-bts-applet" (No such file or directory)
gnome-session[22686]: WARNING: Could not launch application
'102478e2e38e34b3e0124423209423279900000104560031.desktop': Unable to
start application: Failed to execute child process "ows_applet.py" (No
such file or directory)
gnome-session[22686]: WARNING: Could not launch application
'102478e2e38e34b3e0124423209455403200000104560033.desktop': Unable to
start application: Failed to execute child process "computertemp" (No
such file or directory)
WARNING: COULD NOT FIND FIREFOX LIBRARIES
WARNING: CONDUIT MAY CRASH UNEXPECTEDLY
WARNING: PLEASE TALK TO THE PERSON WHO PACKAGED CONDUIT
Dropbox is already running!
--sm-config-prefix: unknown option

Usage: gnubiff [OPTION...]

General command line options:
  -c, --config=file     Configuration file to use
  -n, --noconfigure     Skip the configuration process
      --nogui           Start gnubiff without GUI
      --systemtray      Put gnubiff's icon into the system tray
  -v, --version         Print version information and exit

Help options:
  -?, --help            Show this help message
      --usage           Display brief usage message
Initializing trackerd...
Tracker-Message: Checking XDG_DATA_HOME is writable and exists
Tracker-Message:   XDG_DATA_HOME is '(null)'
Tracker-Message:   XDG_DATA_HOME set to '/home/hkunz/.local/share'
gnome-session[22686]: WARNING: Unable to parse command '(null)': Key
file contains key 'Terminal' which has value that cannot be interpreted.
gnome-session[22686]: ******************* START
********************************
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 0: gnome-session [0x8060685]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 1: gnome-session [0x8060814]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 2: [0xb7eff400]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 3: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x36)
[0xb7885cc6]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 4: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_strfreev
+0x20) [0xb789e990]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 5: gnome-session [0x806e1a5]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 6: gnome-session [0x806e937]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 7: gnome-session [0x80525e7]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 8: gnome-session [0x8064be6]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
9: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_hash_table_find+0x5c) [0xb786f00c]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 10: gnome-session [0x8065127]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 11: gnome-session [0x80653a6]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
12: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID+0x84)
[0xb7912274]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
13: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1ab) [0xb7904b6b]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 14: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
[0xb7918d0f]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
15: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7b9)
[0xb791a179]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
16: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26) [0xb791a5d6]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 17: gnome-session [0x80511d1]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 18: gnome-session [0x806974e]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 19: gnome-session [0x80585f6]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
20: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x1ab) [0xb7904b6b]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 21: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
[0xb7918d0f]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
22: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x64f)
[0xb791a00f]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
23: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x26) [0xb791a5d6]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 24: gnome-session [0x8055b4c]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 25: /usr/lib/libSM.so.6(_SmsProcessMessage
+0xd5a) [0xb7ee88da]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 26: /usr/lib/libICE.so.6(IceProcessMessages
+0x26d) [0xb7edd8cd]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 27: gnome-session [0x8056841]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 28: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [0xb78b447d]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
29: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x1e8)
[0xb787d848]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 30: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [0xb7880d73]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
31: /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1ca) [0xb788124a]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 32: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main
+0xb9) [0xb7bca3e9]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 33: gnome-session [0x8061ff9]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame
34: /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb75b4775]
gnome-session[22686]: Frame 35: gnome-session [0x8050c51]
gnome-session[22686]: ******************* END
**********************************

gnome fail-safe session works, so I guess there is a problem with my
settings together with the new gnome-session. An update should, however,
not fail like this, and if, give the user a hint on where the problem
lies.

I tried moving
.config/autostart 
.config/metacity/session 
.config/gnome-session 
out of the way, but this didn't have any effect.

BTW: the "No such file or directory" messages in the .xsession-errors
are strange, as all these executables exist. Indeed, when I start gnome
fail-safe session, these applets are started without problems.

cheers,
Hp

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gnome-panel                   2.26.2-1   launcher and docking
facility for
pi  gnome-session-bin             2.26.1-6   The GNOME Session Manager -
Minima
ii  gnome-settings-daemon         2.26.1-2   daemon handling the GNOME
session
ii  metacity                      1:2.26.0-1 lightweight GTK+ window
manager

gnome-session recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian
Deskto
ii  gnome-keyring                 2.26.1-1   GNOME keyring services
(daemon and
ii  gnome-user-guide [gnome2-user 2.24.2-2   GNOME user's guide

-- no debconf information