On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:45:51 +0000 Peter Flynn <[email protected]> said:
> Since upgrading my Xubuntu laptop from 14.10 to 15.04, I can no longer > log into an xfce or xubuntu window managers, only into e. > > (So what? I hear you say :-) > > If I try to start a different session, when I finish the password, the > login window disappears for a second and then reappears. No session. > > When I log into e, the login window disappears for a much shorter time, > maybe 1/10 second, and then reappears, and the disappears as the e logo > comes up and the e session starts normally. > > I can no longer run update-manager or software-center or > do-release-upgrade: at first they just segfaulted, but now the disk > light flickers and then the prompt returns with no error message > (do-release-upgrade does still segfault though, whereas before it spewed > out Python errors). > > If I open a separate shell with Ctl-Alt-F1, I get the immediate message > > > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/90-updates-available exited with return code > > 139 > > And I have noticed that whenever I make an svn commit from the command > line, I get prompted in a pop-up window (!) for my realm password > *twice*. Previously the prompt was at the command line, and only once > ever, and it remembered it afterwards. > > All of which makes me wonder if somehow I am running a shell inside a > shell or a WM inside a WM. Something is badly hosed and none of the > suggested remedies for update-manager segfaulting have had any effect. no - you're not running a shell in a shell or wm in a wm... but something really bad has happened to your os .. somehow. some update/upgrade has broken something pretty core... it just happens to not affect e. :) > But e is running happily... > > ///Peter > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785111&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
