[Bug 63661] Freeze on login to Gnome in Edgy

[Andy Balaam]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome

I am running Ubuntu Edgy, and last downloaded updates 2006-10-01.

I was using Gnome as usual, and logged out, leaving a Nautilus window
open (and possibly a gnome-terminal window too?).

Now, when I try to log in to Gnome it freezes with a white rectangle in
the top left, and dark red everywhere else.  After a delay (several
minutes?) I see an error message saying:

"There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.

Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work
correctly.

The last error message was:

Did not receive a reply.  Possible causes include: the remote
application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy
blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection
was broken.

GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log
in."

NOTE: the first time the freeze happened, I deleted all the dotfiles
from my home dir, and deleted everything inside /tmp, and tried again.
So it's possible doing this caused the above error?  Anyway, the freeze
happened before I tried anything "clever".

Do ask if you need more info.

Thanks very much, Andy

** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Freeze on login to Gnome in Edgy
https://launchpad.net/bugs/63661