Bug 675481

Summary: Fallback mode kicks in on systems where Shell runs fine
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Stéphane Démurget <stephane.demurget>
Component: gnome-sessionAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: awilliam, jmccann, mclasen, rstrode
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Description Stéphane Démurget 2011-02-05 22:29:11 UTC 
Description of problem:

Using the test day i686 iso with the nouveau driver, the classical gnome session is started. But when I use 'gnome-shell --replace' directly in a terminal after being logged in, everything works like a charm. The animations are really smooth and I completed all the other tests of the Gnome3 TestDay successfully under gnome-shell.

Maybe my graphic card (an NV34M GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M) is blacklisted?
Or there is a delay to test 3d support and I used a DVD?

Can I test something else to find out why the gnome-shell session was not picked up?

Smolt profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_6d069d23-3a91-4505-ba4a-4e9a983e774c


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Gnome3 Alpha Test Day i686 iso.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot with the iso burnt on a dvd.
2. Login using the livecd user through gdm
3.
  
Actual results:
Classical gnome 3 (panel + nautilus) is started.

Expected results:
Gnome-shell should be started.
Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2011-02-16 19:15:23 UTC 
I have the same issue with my Rawhide desktop ATM. It uses a [GeForce 9400 GT] [10de:0641]. Boot gives me fallback mode, but gnome-shell --replace gives me a perfectly working Shell. This hasn't always happened; a month or so back, it'd boot happily straight to shell. Looks like some of the fallback heuristics are a bit too trigger-happy. Attaching glxinfo in case it helps.
Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2011-02-16 19:16:23 UTC 
Created attachment 479199 [details]
glxinfo from my affected system
Comment 3 Adam Williamson 2011-02-20 17:11:31 UTC 
~/.xsession-errors shows:

[adamw@adam ~]$ grep acceler .xsession-errors
gnome-session[2087]: WARNING: Had to kill '/usr/libexec/gnome-session-is-accelerated' helper
[adamw@adam ~]$ 

if I run it manually after logging in, it runs and exits very quickly.
Comment 4 Adam Williamson 2011-03-07 23:45:46 UTC 
this is probably a case of 679326, which has more detail though it's a 'later' report.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 679326 ***
Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2011-03-07 23:46:42 UTC 
drop keyword