Can't login to F11 - how to report bug?

[Andreas Tunek]

On my other computer running F11 with GNOME and Compiz enabled I can't
log in to GNOME any more. When GNOME tries to load I get the screen goes
black and I am sent out to the GDM login screen.

Any idea where the problem could be? I kind of suspect Compiz, but since
I can't disable Compiz I don't know. And if I don't know I can't file a
bug...

Anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?

/Andreas

[darrell pfeifer]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:24, Andreas Tunek <andreas.tunek(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On my other computer running F11 with GNOME and Compiz enabled I
> can't
>  log in to GNOME any more. When GNOME tries to load I get the screen goes
>  black and I am sent out to the GDM login screen.
>
>  Any idea where the problem could be? I kind of suspect Compiz, but since
>  I can't disable Compiz I don't know. And if I don't know I can't file a
>  bug...
>
>  Anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?
>  
You can log in to a text terminal and change from compiz to metacity.

gconftool-2 --set
/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager --type string
'metacity'

You could also take a look at the xorg log and the .xsession-errors
file to see if they give you a hint.

darrell

[Andreas Tunek]

tis 2009-09-22 klockan 11:29 -0700 skrev darrell pfeifer:
>  On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:24, Andreas Tunek
> <andreas.tunek(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  > On my other computer running F11 with GNOME and Compiz enabled I can't
>  > log in to GNOME any more. When GNOME tries to load I get the screen goes
>  > black and I am sent out to the GDM login screen.
>  >
>  > Any idea where the problem could be? I kind of suspect Compiz, but since
>  > I can't disable Compiz I don't know. And if I don't know I can't
> file a
>  > bug...
>  >
>  > Anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?
>  >
>  
>  You can log in to a text terminal and change from compiz to metacity.
>  
>  gconftool-2 --set
>  /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager --type string
>  'metacity'
>   
Thanks, this works!

>  You could also take a look at the xorg log and the .xsession-errors
>  file to see if they give you a hint.
>  
>  darrell
>   
/Andreas

[Michal Schmidt]

Dne Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:24:43 +0200 Andreas Tunek napsal(a):
>  On my other computer running F11 with GNOME and Compiz enabled I
> can't
>  log in to GNOME any more. When GNOME tries to load I get the screen
>  goes black and I am sent out to the GDM login screen.
>  
>  Any idea where the problem could be? I kind of suspect Compiz, but
>  since I can't disable Compiz I don't know. And if I don't know I
>  can't file a bug...
>  
>  Anyone have any ideas on how to proceed? 
Perhaps it's this bug?:
Update to xserver-xorg 1.6.3 blocks login with compiz enabled:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518748

Michal

[Andreas Tunek]

tis 2009-09-22 klockan 20:36 +0200 skrev Michal Schmidt:
>  Dne Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:24:43 +0200 Andreas Tunek napsal(a):
>  > On my other computer running F11 with GNOME and Compiz enabled I can't
>  > log in to GNOME any more. When GNOME tries to load I get the screen
>  > goes black and I am sent out to the GDM login screen.
>  > 
>  > Any idea where the problem could be? I kind of suspect Compiz, but
>  > since I can't disable Compiz I don't know. And if I don't know I
>  > can't file a bug...
>  > 
>  > Anyone have any ideas on how to proceed?
>  
>  Perhaps it's this bug?:
>  Update to xserver-xorg 1.6.3 blocks login with compiz enabled:
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518748
>  
>  Michal
>   
Seems the bug is fixed, but I can't see the update for some reason.
Thanks for the help anyway.

/Andreas