Package: gnome-session-flashback
Version: 3.14.0-3
Severity: important
Tags: upstream
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I was trying to run gnome desktop on my Debian jessie host, to be displayed on
an Xming X11 server on my Win7 x64 laptop.
I start the session from a putty ssh client with X11 forwarding enabled, which
has worked for me for the longest time
(and still does) from a Debian Wheezy host.
The problem is the same no matter which session type I start:
gnome-session
gnome-session --session=gnome-classic
gnome-session --session=gnome-flashback
I see the following error messages when I try to run the flashback session
jan@neon:/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions$ gnome-session --session=gnome-
flashback
** (gnome-session-check-accelerated:21700): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to
accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-NFiQWMKAFv: Connection
refused
gnome-session-is-accelerated: No composite extension.
gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256
** (gnome-session-check-accelerated:21704): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to
accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-NFiQWMKAFv: Connection
refused
gnome-session-is-accelerated: No composite extension.
gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256
** (process:21695): WARNING **: software acceleration check failed: Child
process exited with code 1
It ***does*** open an X11 window on my destop, but with a big unhappy icon in
the middle of the screen saying : Oh no, Something has gone wrong ! And offer
me the option to hit a button to close.
Above messages are from gnome-session-flashback 3.8.1-7. I followed a
recommendation and tried to install a newer version from experiemental, but
that failed also, but without opening a window
and a slightly different set of error messages.
Based on similar posts from Ubuntu users, I am under the ipression that the
problem is related to video accceleration. I have tried to enable GLX on my
Xming server, but the result is the same.
Gnome3 runs perfectly fine native on the host I am starting it from, but I
would like to be able to access it over the network too. At the moment I am
stuck with Xfce4, but I like to access all
my hosts using the same desktop layout and tools.
b.r.
Jan Thomsen
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnome-session-flashback depends on:
ii gnome-flashback 3.10.0-1
ii gnome-panel 3.8.1-7
ii gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-2
ii gnome-session-bin 3.14.0-2
ii gnome-session-common 3.14.0-2
ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.14.1-1
ii metacity 1:3.14.1-2
ii nautilus 3.14.1-2
ii notification-daemon 0.7.6-2
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.105-2
ii xfce4-notifyd [notification-daemon] 0.2.4-3
Versions of packages gnome-session-flashback recommends:
ii gnome-power-manager 3.14.1-1
Versions of packages gnome-session-flashback suggests:
ii desktop-base 7.0.3
pn gnome-keyring <none>
ii gnome-user-guide 3.14.1-1
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