[clue] XFCE freezes on log in.

[Dennis J Perkins]

Does the login program let you choose what to start after login, e.g., XFCE, 
KDE, etc?   If so, is there a safe mode that you can choose?  Maybe that will 
let the first user log in and the session files would hopefully be created when 
the user logs out.



On Thursday, September 08, 2011 06:29:13 PM David L. Anselmi wrote:
> By freeze I mean the desktop stops responding to mouse and keyboard. 
> Virtual consoles can't be switched to.  sshd no longer responds to an open
> connection.  Attempts to open a new ssh connection result in "no route to
> host".
> 
> Sometimes the freeze is before the panel starts.  Sometimes after the panel
> but before the wallpaper displays.
> 
> The machine is an Athlon 800 with an nVidia GeForce2 GTS/Pro.
> 
> There are a lot of Debian packages for XFCE.  xfce4 is 4.8.0.2. 
> xfce4-session is 4.8.1-3.  xorg is 1:7.6+8.  FWIW.
> 
> Eventually we discover that another user can log in without freezing, and
> then the original user is able to log in.  But if the original user logs in
> first after booting it freezes.
> 
> The cause seems to be missing or corrupt files in ~/.cache/sessions. 
> Removing them doesn't seem to help.  But removing them and recreating them
> (there's a save session check box on the log out dialog) seems to solve the
> problem.
> 
> If anyone has any idea what package might be responsible or how to get any
> data on what is happening when it freezes I'll file a bug report.
> 
> Dave
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