gnome-session gets stuck utilizing 100% cpu time of one core

Bug #811822 reported by Michael Neuffer
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gnome-session (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

gnome-session gets stuck utilizing 100% cpu time of one core
killing gnome-session manually will kill -9 (it doesn't react to a normal kill) leaves
an unusable session behind.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-session 3.1.3-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 17 11:02:13 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-session
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Michael Neuffer (neuffer) wrote :
Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Michael Neuffer (neuffer) wrote :

As additional data point:

Starting a rescue session will leave a terminal behind even after killing -9 gnome-session from the console.
From within the terminal gnome-session can then successfully be restartet.

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Chad Miller (cmiller) wrote :

(Temporary workaround: Switch to virtual terminal. Kill rogue processess. "sudo stop gdm", "exec startx".)

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Michael Neuffer (neuffer) wrote :

Above I had already described a manual workaround.

After killling -9 gnome-session one can use the terminal provided by the rescue session to start gnome-session
(the new Ubuntu gui is even more unusable then Gnome-3)

Killing gdm and running startx is not necessary.

Cheers
    Mike

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

That version is no more supported

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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