UBUNTU 12.04 radeon rv250 (old yes I know but works.. read on) I've got the same problem in two different test cases
1 - fresh install of gnome-shell on Xubuntu, using metapackage from an otherwise functional Both XFCE4 and a "Compiz standalone (0.8.9) session" work fine. 2 - live CD of Ubuntu-Gnome radeon seems to be the issue as the .xsession-errors report incorrect parameters: here's part of the error log ** (nautilus:4964): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout failed to create drawable (gnome-shell:4956): folks-WARNING **: Failed to find primary PersonaStore with type ID 'eds' and ID 'system'. Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between Personas will not work. The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If you are unsure, check with your distribution. failed to create drawable ** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area Window manager warning: CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct. Window manager warning: Got a request to focus 0x1600004 (Desktop) with a timestamp of 0. This shouldn't happen! (gnome-shell:4956): Cogl-WARNING **: Skipping layer 1 of your material since you have supplied texture coords outside the range [0,1] but the texture doesn't support hardware repeat (e.g. because of waste or use of GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB). This isn't supported with multi-texturing. (gnome-shell:4956): Clutter-WARNING **: The meta of type 'StScrollViewFade' with name 'fade' is not attached to the actor 'notification-scrollview' (gnome-shell:4956): Clutter-WARNING **: The meta of type 'StScrollViewFade' with name 'fade' is not attached to the actor 'notification-scrollview' Window manager warning: Log level 8: meta_window_raise: assertion `!window->override_redirect' failed Window manager warning: Log level 8: meta_window_raise: assertion `!window->override_redirect' failed Window manager warning: Log level 8: meta_window_lower: assertion `!window->override_redirect' failed Window manager warning: Log level 8: meta_window_raise: assertion `!window->override_redirect' failed Window manager warning: Log level 8: meta_window_lower: assertion `!window->override_redirect' failed (gnome-shell:4956): Cogl-WARNING **: Skipping layers 1..n of your material since the first layer doesn't support hardware repeat (e.g. because of waste or use of GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB) and you supplied texture coordinates outside the range [0,1].Falling back to software repeat assuming layer 0 is the most important one keep Window manager warning: CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct. Window manager warning: Got a request to focus 0x1600004 (Desktop) with a timestamp of 0. This shouldn't happen! (gnome-settings-daemon:4932): color-plugin-WARNING **: Done switch to new account, reload devices -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996175 Title: gnome-shell app windows all rendered in blue To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/996175/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs