GNOME desktop sometimes doesn't appear

Rinaldus · 2008-08-04 06:08:23

When I start computer and load GNOME through GDM, GNOME desktop sometimes doesn't appear. Both panels appear but wallpaper and icons don't appear, only gray background. I should press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to reload X Window and after it desktop appears. How to fix this problem?

tigrmesh · 2008-08-04 14:43:01

Check Xorg.0.log - maybe it will tell you something. Maybe also gdm/:0.log.

freakcode · 2008-08-04 15:48:07

Check if nautilus is running after login. It's the responsible for drawing the background and icons.

Rinaldus · 2008-08-04 20:03:33

I removed KDE 4.1 several days ago, installed GDM and wrote it in DAEMONS list to launch in /etc/rc.conf. On my work computer I have "clean" GNOME and never installed KDE there. And on my work everything is ok. Maybe I still have any remains of KDE on my home computer which make this problem?

M2K360 · 2008-09-08 17:16:40

I have this problem too. It is so annoying. Is there a fix or something?

dienadel · 2008-09-08 17:21:12

Me too.

After saving a session (system - preferences - sessions - session option), the problem didn't appear anymore.

mrunion · 2008-09-08 19:52:41

I have it as well. I just log out and back in when it happens. Of course, two weeks ago I switched to Openbox and haven;t had that problem since...

I never could figure our what caused it.

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#1 2008-08-04 06:08:23

GNOME desktop sometimes doesn't appear

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