>From ~/.xsession-errors: gnome-session[22010]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider 'notify-osd' of required provider 'notifications'
To get more details, start a "Recovery Console" session and type this in the terminal: source .gnomerc gnome-session --session=gnome-classic --debug &>gnome-session.log >From the resulting gnome-session.log: gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Getting session 'gnome-classic' [...] gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): fill: provider 'notifications' looking for component: 'notify-osd' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'notify-osd.desktop' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/johndoe/.config/autostart' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/xterm/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/xdg-xterm/autostart' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/home/johndoe/.local/share/applications' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/xterm/applications' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications' gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications' gnome-session[22946]: WARNING: Unable to find default provider 'notify-osd' of required provider 'notifications' [...] gnome-session[22946]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Getting session 'gnome-fallback' So it seems the file notify-osd.desktop is missing or just incorrectly assumed to exist. apt-file says there is no such file in any package: apt-file search notify-osd.desktop Note that gnome-classic.session can be copied to the home directory and edited there instead if you don't have write access to the system file: cp -ai /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-classic.session ~/.config/gnome-session/sessions/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/885939 Title: notify-osd causes the gnome classic session to fail To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/885939/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
