This sounds like a known issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242059 I have a simple work around that works on my laptop edit /etc/esd.conf change default_options= to default_options=-nobeeps -unix -as 2 -terminate > Hi List, > > Fedora 7 is totally busted for me. I cry. > > The problem I'm having is that when I login to my laptop, my gnome > session usually locks up. When I look at my process list, I can see > that only some of the usual gnome session processes have started. Other > times, it looks like everything started (i.e. in terms of running > processes), but the panels don't start complete (missing launchers, > applets, etc.). Sometimes gnome appears to have started properly, but > as soon as I try to launch an app, the panels lock up again, and slowly > the desktop becomes unusable again. > > I have to kill X several times before the freaking gnome session starts > correctly. Even then, there's no guarantee it will stay running because > a few times gnome has locked up after a few minutes of use. > > Today when I booted the machine, X refused to start up. I looked in the > log, and I saw backtraces: X had crashed out. WTH?! Just the day > before it was starting okay. I eventually managed to get X to start by > changing the driver from "intel" to "vesa", but the screen was all > messed up because I couldn't get the proper res (1680x1050). > > I've tried fresh installations of both the x86_64 and i386 versions on > my brand new HP nx7400 Core 2 DUO laptop. In fact, I _just_ completed > an install of the i386 version (PXE installs in each case), and I'm > having the same damn problem - gnome doesn't start properly. I wasted > my evening getting this shit installed. > > Here's my smolt profile: > > http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=7667e830-8eba-449c-a58d-49a86e9152fa > > Does anyone have any idea what in the hell is going on? > > I have to go back to Fedora Core 6 - I need this laptop for work. > > Regards, > > Ranbir > -- > Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu > Linux 2.6.20-1.2944.fc6 i686 GNU/Linux > 21:24:01 up 16 days, 8:03, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.18, 0.36 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
