Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 235547
gnome session slow start, hangs after starting metacity
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:07 EDT
Description of problem: Starting gnome : the splash screen will be frozen for a while displaying starting metacity" it will then timeout and proceed. This is clearly related to failure of metacity to respond (or register), (gnome session will start faster when using --purge-delay --wait-delay gnome-session options) An easy fix is to remove ~/.gnome2/session file : something which seems quite hairy for a novice user. In general rewriting ~/.gnome2/session if preferences->session->saving session is enabled will fix the problem. Unfortunately this is not the default setting. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC5 with all updates applied as of today gnome-session-2.14.3-1.fc5, but maybe the problem is not in gnome-session but in gconf or other gnome services. How reproducible: I was able to reproduce the pb with - an empty /tmp (god only knows the details of all sockets, that gnome leaves behind in /tmp :-) without caring to clean up . a minimal home directory (3 files !!!) in attached tar file . I got the same behavior on a second PC (which is not a clone of my laptop) which was kickstarted and all updates applied (yum -y update) Steps to Reproduce: 1.adduser joe 2.cd ~joe 3.remove all 4. tar xpzf TGZ_IN_ATTACHEMENT Actual results: starting a gnome session as user joe will cause a long hang before being able to enter the gnome session Expected results: Additional info: file .gnome2/session.ok is what I got after changing settings to save session (and minimal editing to have the same .metacity/sessions/*.ms So .gnome2/session.ok should convey the same info as .gnome2/session (only the order in the session file and the ids change) But - with .gnome2/session starting session is *very* long . after cp /home/joe/.gnome2/session{.ok,} starting gnome session is real fast Can you reproduce the pb?, I would be happy to help debugging, I just started strace on the full gnome-session (this is painful) don't even know whose fault it is (gnome-session, metacity, gconfd.. gnome-settings ...)
Created attachment 151903 [details] home dir of user joe (should be /home/joe)
Hi, We no longer support Fedora Core 5 and I am currently trying to get my open bug count down to a more manageable state. I'm going to close this bug as WONTFIX. If this issue is still a concern for you, would you mind trying to reproduce on a supported version of Fedora and reopening? (this is a mass message)