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[Bug 795901] Re: Cannot log into Unity, Gnome. Cannot launch GTK apps

 

Yesterday I tried logging into Gnome just to check and it worked. I
could also log into the guest session.

Today, it seems the problem is solved. The only trick that worked for me
was installing unity-tweak and running 'unity-tweak-tool --reset unity'.
It has to be run from an X session, as from the tty it didn't work.

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Title:
  Cannot log into Unity, Gnome. Cannot launch GTK apps

Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This is fresh Natty install with previos home partition. Root and home
  partitions are on SSD. I have nVidia card.

  After GDM is started it tries to log me in automatically as it is set
  to. However it never reaches the desktop. All I get is Ubuntu
  wallpaper and mouse cursor. By pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete I get back
  into GDM. The only session I can succesfully log into is the recovery
  console.

  I tried installing Unity-2D from PPA, after I logged into this session
  the unity panels appeared for a while but they were blinking rapidly
  only to disappear completelly after I tried eg. launch an application.

  I installed nvidia-current.

  I tried temporarily removing ~/.config folder but nothing changed.

  I tried installing Xubuntu-desktop but the system would not deliver
  anything but wallpaper either so I removed xubuntu* and xfce*

  Finally installing Kubuntu-desktop I can log into Kubuntu session I am
  in now in. However I cannot launch Firefox, Chromium, Nautilus so I
  guess the problem is GTK or Gnome related.

  Please ask for any additional files I can provide.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gnome (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jun 11 12:51:43 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=cs_CZ:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: meta-gnome2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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