antonio montagnani wrote:
what is strange is that if I log as root I find many processes still running under the sleeping user (i.e.gam_server, esd, bonobo-activation-server, nautilus) And after logging out from that user also the session closure window freezes and the only way to log out is by Ctrl+Alt+Backspace!!! Maybe the only way is to delete the user and re-create it, using all backup files..
I had simillar problem: when I log in in F7 the session freezes with a empty screen. I found that esd hangs the login process. I resolved it by deleting gnome settings and leaving sound in gnome disabled.
Workaround: when you login, switch to text mode, and kill esd. Andrea