Bug 684299

Summary:	Startup with gnome-shell gives just desktop background and workspace with no panel/menus
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Pablo Iranzo Gómez <pablo.iranzo>
Component:	gnome-shell	Assignee:	Owen Taylor <otaylor>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	maxamillion, otaylor, samkraju, walters
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Description Pablo Iranzo Gómez 2011-03-11 17:58:58 UTC

Description of problem:
On Lenovo X200 with gnome-shell, when login from gdm, I get a desktop with background but no other element, I can press several keys, but CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE doesn't work, just CTRL-UP / CTRL-DOWN.

For getting an usable session I must rpm -e gnome-shell --nodeps, then start session again, enter into 'System information/ Graphics / Force alternate mode' then install gnome-shell again.

From that point I can exec gnome-shell --replace and everything seems to work right


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

gnome-shell.x84-64

0:2.91.91-1.fc15

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. On system information/graphics unset force alternate mode
2. logoff
3. logon
4. you'll get a desktop with background but with no top menu, etc.
5. switch to VT2
6. login as root
7. init 3
8. rpm -e gnome-shell --nodeps
9. init 5
10 login using your user
11 on system information/graphics/ force use alternate mode
12 install gnome-shell
13 exec gnome-shell --replace
  
Actual results:
Empty desktop

Expected results:
Normal desktop as the one I get starting in alternate mode then replacing with gnome-shell



Additional info:

¿How can provide more information from my system on this?

This is not the very first time It happens and I had to use this same method to get a working desktop. Doesn't happen on other computers I've tested.


Regards
Pablo

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