Strange X behavior in 20060812 rawhide
Jay Cliburn
jacliburn at bellsouth.net
Sat Aug 12 15:05:48 UTC 2006
Jay Cliburn wrote:
> I'm seeing unusual behavior in X/gnome after today's update.
>
> 1. The desktop switcher is gone from my default gnome session, now
> replaced by a new trash can. (This may be a feature of the new
> gnome-theme, perhaps.)
>
> 2. After a reboot and a fresh login to X, things look pretty much
> normal on the desktop, but whenever I launch a gnome-terminal,
> all window decorations disappear and the launched terminal is
> anchored and immovable in the upper left corner of the display.
> Subsequent gnome-term launches overlay the previous instance in
> the same location. It's as if the window manager stops running.
> Starting metacity manually returns the desktop to normal.
>
> 3. Thunderbird disappears. It's still running, but the window is
> no longer displayed. Upon logout, the window flashes briefly.
>
> 4. There are no clues in syslog or Xlog. :(
>
> 5. Is this one of those instances where removing all gconf stuff
> in $HOME is called for?
>
I moved $HOME/.gconf{d} out of the way and my desktop defaults have
returned to normal (show desktop app, window list app, desktop switcher
app are present), however metacity psuedo-death still occurs upon first
launch of gnome-terminal.
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