Strange X behavior in 20060812 rawhide

Gerry Tool gstool at earthlink.net
Sat Aug 12 17:20:34 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 10:05 -0500, Jay Cliburn wrote:
> 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.
> 
For what it's worth,  I have a completely updated i386 system, have
rebooted, and have none of the problems you list above.  I wonder if it
is the result of the nautilus dependency errors problem you had a couple
of days ago.
Gerry





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