Gnome 3.2 Login Freezes

I'm running Gnome 3.2 on Arch with an ATI video card (using the open source driver.) When I start the computer it will make it to the GDM login screen. When I click on my user name sometimes the name disappears and the text box for the password appears (as it should.) Frequently, however, the user name will disappear and no password box will show up. At this point, GDM seems completely unresponsive. My only solution right now is to reboot and hope it works. Any ideas?

I had the same problem. And I found that I GDM logins only if I'm unplugged. Whenever I try to log in while I'm plugged to the AC, GDM freezes.
Best of luck guys
EDIT: I have the open source for the ATI too (Mine is a Mobility Radeon HD 4250)
Last edited by Silex89 (2011-10-17 13:40:33)

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GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-h0i46x
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GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-h0i46x
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-h0i46x/ssh
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/figo/.config/metacity/sessions/10122e24e1ca0b534d128491058461146800000026530025.ms: Failed to open file '/home/figo/.config/metacity/sessions/10122e24e1ca0b534d128491058461146800000026530025.ms': No such file or directory
gnome-session[2653]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'thunderbird.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process "/usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1/thunderbird -turbo" (No such file or directory)
** (gsynaptics-init:2737): WARNING **: Using synclient
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2761): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2761): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] Starting MLDonkey 3.0.4 ...
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] Language ZH_CN, locale UTF-8, ulimit for open files 1024
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] MLDonkey is working in /home/figo/.mldonkey
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [Gettext] Loading language resource mlnet_strings.en_US.utf8
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] loaded language resource file
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] PID file /home/figo/.mldonkey/mlnet.pid exists.
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] Checking whether PID 2652 is still used...
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] Removing stalled file mlnet.pid...
2010/09/19 23:36:29 [cO] Removing stalled file /home/figo/.mldonkey/config_files_space.tmp...
2010/09/19 23:36:30 [DNS] Resolving [localhost.localdomain] ...
(evolution:2732): e-data-server-DEBUG: Loading categories from "/home/figo/.evolution/categories.xml"
(evolution:2732): e-data-server-DEBUG: Loaded 38 categories
** (evolution:2732): CRITICAL **: categories_icon_theme_hack: assertion `filename != NULL && *filename != '\0'' failed
** (gnome-screensaver:2763): WARNING **: Config key not handled: /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_application_handlers
** (gnome-screensaver:2763): WARNING **: Config key not handled: /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_command_line
** (gnome-screensaver:2763): WARNING **: Config key not handled: /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_printing
** (gnome-screensaver:2763): WARNING **: Config key not handled: /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_print_setup
** (gnome-screensaver:2763): WARNING **: Config key not handled: /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_save_to_disk
2010/09/19 23:36:32 [DNS] Resolving [[url=http://www.mldonkey.org]www.mldonkey.org[/url]] ...
2010/09/19 23:36:32 [DNS] Resolving [mldonkey.sf.net] ...
2010/09/19 23:36:32 [DNS] Resolving [[url=http://www.mldonkey.net]www.mldonkey.net[/url]] ...
2010/09/19 23:36:32 [DNS] Resolving [[url=http://www.google.com]www.google.com[/url]] ...
The core therefore is unable to get eDonkey serverlists and loading
.torrent files via dllink from websites is also impossible.
If you are using MLDonkey in a chroot environment you should
consider reading this article to get DNS support back:
[url]http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/Chroot[/url]
2010/09/19 23:36:32 [dMain] Libmagic file-type recognition database present
2010/09/19 23:36:32 [cO] Logging in /home/figo/.mldonkey/mlnet.log
Initializing nautilus-share extension
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkWindow)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkInvisible)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkObject)
2010/09/19 23:36:50 [dMain] Core started
(evolution:2732): evolution-mail-WARNING **: Couldn't get service: imap:;command=ssh%20-C%20-l%20%25u%20%25h%20exec%20/usr/sbin/imapd;use_ssl=never: URL 'imap:;use_ssl=never;command=ssh%20-C%20-l%20%25u%20%25h%20exec%20/usr/sbin/imapd' needs a username component
Conky: /home/figo/.conkyrc: 53: no such configuration: 'border_margin'
Conky: use_spacer should have an argument of left, right, or none. 'yes' seems to be some form of 'true', so defaulting to right.
Conky: forked to background, pid is 2906
Conky: desktop window (160002b) is subwindow of root window (100)
Conky: window type - override
Conky: drawing to created window (0x2200001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
(evolution:2732): e-utils-WARNING **: Something called e_alert_dialog_constructed() with a NULL parent window. This is no longer legal, please fix it.
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
(evolution:2732): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to read filechooser settings from "/home/figo/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini": Permission denied
Evolution-tray plugin enabled.
Nautilus-Share-Message: REFRESHING SHARES
Nautilus-Share-Message: ------------------------------------------
Nautilus-Share-Message: spawn arg "net"
Nautilus-Share-Message: spawn arg "usershare"
Nautilus-Share-Message: spawn arg "info"
Nautilus-Share-Message: end of spawn args; SPAWNING
Nautilus-Share-Message: returned from spawn: SUCCESS:
Nautilus-Share-Message: exit code 255
Nautilus-Share-Message: ------------------------------------------
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: usershares are currently disabled
Last edited by figo1802 (2010-09-19 16:09:35)

Gnome 3 - Change login background

I just installed Gnome 3 and am running in fallback mode.
In Gnome 2 was able to customize the login window background. Is there a way to change the default background in Gnome 3?
I'm ok with overwriting the default background picture, as well.
Thanks!
Last edited by youjh (2011-05-04 20:51:41)

The wiki procedure, e.g.
$ su -
Password:
[root@first-desktop ~]# su - gdm -s /bin/bash
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ dbus-launch
No protocol specified
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-CIylRIX6Qz,guid=17e852f3d2ebc593113ace52000007d5
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=12403
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-CIylRIX6Qz,guid=17e852f3d2ebc593113ace52000007d5
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=12403
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ ps aux | grep dconf
gdm 12518 0.0 0.0 8164 968 pts/0 S+ 21:22 0:00 grep dconf
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service &
[1] 12540
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri
'file:///var/lib/gdm/.cache/gnome-control-center/backgrounds/413e48595eeacc43c375b9cb3b501557f13766f0c6b812c1402a1e5c9ff910d1'
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///usr/share/archlinux/wallpaper/archlinux-arrival.jpg"
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ exit
logout
[root@first-desktop ~]# exit
logout
$
really does change the background of the gdm login window, though it's also possible to
sudo cp -t /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ /usr/share/applications/gnome-control-center.desktop /usr/share/applications/dconf-editor.desktop
then logout, make tweaks, log back in and
sudo rm /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-control-center.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/dconf-editor.desktop
Last edited by azleifel (2011-05-04 20:42:38)

Tiger Login Freezing, Local and Roaming Profiles

I'm having problems with the login screen. Both server and emac are using the newest 10.4.4 updates and users regardless of logging in to local accounts or accounts on the server are freezing after pressing the "Login" button on the login screen.
generally speaking the user can login at least once per restart. the problem tends to occur if users logout and then attempt to login another user.
wondering if anyone has seen this problem
it only seems to happen with emacs (different gens) running 10.4
imacs and other machines running the same system/image to not appear to suffer the problem.

update:
even updating to 10.4.6 which has become available since the problem first came about there have been no less instances of this happening.
any help would be great.

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