Bug 443506 - Gnome starts with no desktop contents
Summary: Gnome starts with no desktop contents
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nautilus
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tomáš Bžatek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: Gnome starts with blank desktop
: 439320 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-21 21:36 UTC by Leslie Satenstein
Modified: 2015-03-03 22:32 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-07-14 16:35:13 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
requested copy of file (2.22 KB, text/plain)
2008-04-23 22:56 UTC, Leslie Satenstein
no flags Details
Errof file immediately after boot and logon. (2.22 KB, text/plain)
2008-04-25 19:49 UTC, Leslie Satenstein
no flags Details
After logout and login (with success) (2.08 KB, text/plain)
2008-04-25 20:47 UTC, Leslie Satenstein
no flags Details
Problem that occurs immediately after (re)boot (497.78 KB, image/png)
2008-06-08 13:54 UTC, Leslie Satenstein
no flags Details
Gnome desktop after a logout followed by a login (598.08 KB, image/png)
2008-06-08 13:58 UTC, Leslie Satenstein
no flags Details

Description Leslie Satenstein 2008-04-21 21:36:28 UTC
Description of problem:

On first logon after a system boot, Gnome opens up without any contents on the
desktop (no Computer or Home menu)

Logout and login fixes the problem..  Is it a timing problem?


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

F9 all

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
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Additional info:

Comment 1 Leslie Satenstein 2008-04-22 00:19:14 UTC
This should not make a difference but here is some extra info.

I am using the 686 version on a dual core Intel mother board with d930 CPU.
Memory is 3.5gigs, Hard disk is 200gigs (dedicated to f9), Video is the onboard
 mother board hardware. 


Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2008-04-23 17:23:20 UTC
What window manager are you using ?

Does ~/.xsession-errors contain anything from nautilus ?

Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2008-04-23 17:47:50 UTC
*** Bug 439320 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Leslie Satenstein 2008-04-23 22:56:32 UTC
Created attachment 303558 [details]
requested copy of file

Front end of file may show error.

Comment 5 Leslie Satenstein 2008-04-23 23:25:54 UTC
Hello Matthias
I tried 6 times today to duplicate the error, and it would not do it, whereas on
the date in question the problem was consistent. 

I believe that there were some system updates (patches) that I installed
yesterday, and those patches in execution changed the startup timings.

 When gnome is now started, the system mounts have already occurred and the
desktop now shows them.

Mr Bill Nottingham in a forum message indicated a problem where one startup
function completed before the function that provided the information for the
former had executed. The problem I noted is similar.

Murphy's law says that things go wrong at the worst times. What happens when
things go right and you cannot show the bug?  I will keep trying for the next
three days, and if the problem does not reappear, I will change the status to
notabug.      

Comment 6 Leslie Satenstein 2008-04-25 19:48:31 UTC
Well, I have the problem reoccur and I have a file. What is the difference this
time? I had a USB hard disk plugged in (formatted ext2) 

I am guessing but that usb drive being there changed timings and the problem
presented itself.  
The file asked for will be attached.


Comment 7 Leslie Satenstein 2008-04-25 19:49:50 UTC
Created attachment 303815 [details]
Errof file immediately after boot and logon. 

This is the requested file.  By the way, problem does not appear when using
KDE.

Comment 8 Leslie Satenstein 2008-04-25 20:47:18 UTC
Created attachment 303822 [details]
After logout and login (with success)

The preceeding file was created when I logged in  after a boot, and the desktop
was empty (only background) and menu bar.  
Following logoff and logon, with desktop populated this time, the current file
should show differences,(mounted paths show on the desktop)

Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 09:53:48 UTC
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA.
More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 10 Leslie Satenstein 2008-06-08 13:54:09 UTC
Created attachment 308655 [details]
Problem that occurs immediately after (re)boot

This attachment appears immediately after a reboot.  I have a second attachment
to follow with the situation after a logout/login sequence.

Comment 11 Leslie Satenstein 2008-06-08 13:58:27 UTC
Created attachment 308656 [details]
Gnome desktop after a logout followed by a login

Refer to previous attachment and comments. Here is more information. From the
attached print screen, we see all the mounted disks. These should not appear.
When I installed a vanilla fedora 9, they were not there, but could be mounted
by going to panel--places and clicking on the mount option.
Finally, the next bug. Seeing there are mounted, if I go to display--places and
click on the drive as a second mount, then from there on, it is impossible to
do a umount from gnome or from the terminal. And it is impossible to logout
without killing gnome. 

Is  this a gnome or hal problem.

Comment 12 Leslie Satenstein 2008-06-08 14:06:48 UTC
By the way, my Fedora version is the 86_64 version. FYI. UBUNTU handles the
mount/unmount Gnome combo correctly. I don't have the skills to research why it
works and Fedora 8/Fedora 9 versions do not work.





Comment 13 Leslie Satenstein 2008-06-19 12:43:34 UTC
Problem is back again with Fedora9.  Now essentially consistent.



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Comment 15 Bug Zapper 2009-07-14 16:35:13 UTC
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