System freeze when logging into GNOME with compiz enabled

[Thomas J. Baker]

On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 13:35 +0200, Matthias Saou wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm posting here first since I'm not sure against what to file this
> bug. Maybe someone has the same issue...
> 
> Since this week-end at least (I hadn't rebooted my laptop in a few
> days), after booting my laptop and logging in through gdm, I see the
> GNOME slash screen, then I see lots of disk I/O going on for a few
> seconds, but then once the splash screen went away but before anything
> else appears on the screen (no wallpaper, no panel, only the solid blue
> background)... complete freeze. Impossible to switch back to a console
> or even ping the system.
> 
> The weird thing is that if I first open a failsafe session, disable
> desktop effects with the "desktop-effects" tool, log out, log back into
> GNOME and re-enable desktop effects once logged in, everything works
> fine, wobbly and all.
> 
> Anyone else seeing this? Does this seem more of an X issue, a GNOME
> issue or a compiz issue? :-/
> 
> My laptop has an ATI Mobility 9600 (r300) and I'm using the default
> free radeon driver.
> 
> Matthias
> 
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I experienced the exact same problem on my Radeon RV240. After turning
off and turning back on compiz like you did, the problem is gone,
replaced by an equally puzzling one: the Workspace Switcher applet
displays tiny versions of each desktop, probably about one quarter the
size it should be.

tjb
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