Bug#645424: [gnome-shell] gnome-shell is unusable

[Davide Governale]

Il giorno Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:10:25 +0200
Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> ha scritto:

> Am 15.10.2011 20:00, schrieb Davide Governale:
> > Package: gnome-shell
> > Version: 3.0.2-5
> > Severity: grave
> > 
> > --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I can use gnome-fallback, while if I choose the "gnome" session in
> > gdm, the desktop I see is unusable. If I click on Activity I can't
> > see anything, and I can't see the vertical bars either. What's the
> > problem?
> 
> What kind of graphics hardware do you have? What driver do you use?
> 
> Can you attach a screenshot of your desktop and attach your
> Xorg.0.log and ~/.xsession-errors please.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 

Hello Michael,

$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300SE/7200 GS] (rev a1)

# dpkg -l nvidia* | grep ii
ii  nvidia-alternative                   280.13.really.275.28-1            allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  nvidia-glx                           280.13.really.275.28-1            NVIDIA metapackage
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup             20110729+2                        Cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer
ii  nvidia-kernel-3.0.0-1-686-pae        280.13-5+3.0.0-3                  NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                 20110729+2                        NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                   280.13.really.275.28-1            NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
ii  nvidia-kernel-source                 280.13.really.275.28-1            NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  nvidia-settings                      280.13-1                          Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-support                       20110729+2                        NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver                  280.13.really.275.28-1            NVIDIA vdpau driver
ii  nvidia-xconfig                       280.13-1                          X configuration tool for non-free NVIDIA drivers

I'm sorry but I can not attach the screenshot, because gnome-screenshot does not work on that screen.

In addition:

$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes

Kindly,
Davide Governale.



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