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Gnome only loading in safe-gnome session... help.

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aceO07

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My Ubuntu 8.04 vm install only loads the background and nothing else. The panels or icons do not load. There is also not much harddrive activity. It does not lock up. I can exit the session and get back to the login screen.

If I pick safe-gnome session, it will load up fine. I've also deleted the .gnome, .nautilus, .metacity folders. It still doesn't load in normal gnome session.

How do I fix this? From my google searches, it seems like a race condition problems with seahorse and another program. I don't know what I did/installed to cause this problem, so I can't undo it. However, it works in safe-gnome mode, so I don't mind using that if possible. I just can't seem to reset the default session and prefer not having to set it to safe-gnome each time I login.
 
Sounds to me, since the safe session works fine, that there is a possibility that your xorg.conf is corrupt:

I think you still have access to your Workspace Terminals in VMWare, so hit CTRL + ALT + F2 to get into a terminal.
Type "sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak" to back up your current configuration.
Now type "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" to rebuild the xorg.conf file.

Also, I don't understand why you deleted your .gnome, .nautilus, and .metacity folders - but that shouldn't affect anything.

You can also try reinstalling gnome - you need to do this from a command prompt, not just a terminal window:
"sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop"
"sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop"

See if any of those works.... fairly basic fixes, but a good starting point.

-Kevin
 
Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Sounds to me, since the safe session works fine, that there is a possibility that your xorg.conf is corrupt:

I think you still have access to your Workspace Terminals in VMWare, so hit CTRL + ALT + F2 to get into a terminal.
Type "sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak" to back up your current configuration.
Now type "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" to rebuild the xorg.conf file.

Also, I don't understand why you deleted your .gnome, .nautilus, and .metacity folders - but that shouldn't affect anything.

You can also try reinstalling gnome - you need to do this from a command prompt, not just a terminal window:
"sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop"
"sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop"

See if any of those works.... fairly basic fixes, but a good starting point.

-Kevin
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I tried both suggestions. Unfortunately it didn't work. Failsafe Gnome still works. Any other ideas?
 
xorg.conf shouldn't affect Gnome at all, if X comes up correctly than your xorg.conf file is fine.

You probably also need to delete .gnome2*, .gconf* and maybe some stuff in .config to completely reset your Gnome/GTK preferences.
 
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