Public bug reported:
I'm running Feisty, and have just come across an issue where I can't log
into gnome.
I get the following in my .xsession-errors:
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -a -w
/var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0"
"mthaddon"
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
SESSION_MANAGER=local/rhapsody:/tmp/.ICE-unix/17982
I get a grey box in the top left of the screen while the gnome splash
screen comes up, but it doesn't show any of the icons you see on a
normal startup, and it never progresses (I've waited over 15 mins).
If I change to a virtual terminal, I notice that the there are thousands
of defunct xrdb processes and the parent process that seems to be gnome-
settings-manager IIRC. It seems to just keep creating more of these
processes until it runs out of file descriptors.
** Affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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gnome session hangs
https://beta.launchpad.net/bugs/94285
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