no more desktop after 20060720 updates

[Jim Cornette]

Marc Verbeke wrote:
> Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand <at> inf.utfsm.cl> writes:
> 
>> Michal Jaegermann <michal <at> harddata.com> wrote:
>>> After the last series of updates, which got all these dbus changes
>>> delayed from yesterday, hald and avahi-daemon refuse for me to
>>> start at all
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199593
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199596
>>> and I am not getting anything from a gnome-session.  Just a blue
>>> background and a working mouse pointer.  If there is some timeout
>>> after which something else would start to happen then it is
>>> a very loooong one.
>> For me on i386 it /finally/ starts (sort of), but the panel isn't working
>> and starting a gnome-terminal via nautilus-open-terminal it doesn't get the
>> window dressing.
>>
>> Workaround: I'm currently running XFCE 
> 
> Hi, guys,
> I have this problem since I installed fc6 from scratch (downloaded/burned).
> Applying 2.617-1.2401 didn't improve the situation => in fact, I simply can't 
> work with GNOME
> Windows always in the left corner, overlaying each other, desktop functions 
> not replying, start of window manager after login takes MINUTES,.....
> I switched to kde/xfce,... and all is working fine.
> Best match (description) => 
> "show desktop finction is not working since window manager is not running".
> Is there a correction yet (now at 2.6.17.1.2437)
> 
> Marc Verbeke 
> 
> 
> 
> 

It sounds like you have the same limitation due to selinux that I have. 
I added enforcing=0 in grub.conf since the problem is so long without a fix.
The problem I believe is related to one of the mesa libraries.

Basically, what you are seeing is a system without a windows manager. 
(compare to program manager in windows)
Therefore, all you have is the last application pegged on your desktop 
in the upper left corner.

You could try running 'setenforce 0' in a root terminal and then logout 
of kde and starting gnome instead. Gnome should start if your problem is 
related to selinux.

Jim