Re: cannot log back into Gnome after reboot (bug in Testing?)

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

H.S. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am experiencing this loggin in problem for quite a while now. Recently
> I have had to reboot my machine quite a few times for one reason or
> another and have noticed this problem consistenly.
> 
> After a reboot, I cannot log back into gnome. After the username
> password I get the gray screen but the computer hangs there.
> 
> I have discovered that the problem can be solved by removing /tmp/.esd.
> Rarely, even that doesn't work and I have to then kill any esd processes
> running and then remove /tmp/.esd and the problem goes away.
> 
> Anybody else experience this problem? I am running Testing with 2.6.12
> kernel and I have:
> $> dpkg -l *esd* | grep ^ii
> ii  alsaplayer-esd           0.99.76-0.3
> ii  gstreamer-esd            0.6.4-5.1
> ii  libesd-alsa0             0.2.36-1
> ii  vlc-plugin-esd           0.8.1.svn20050314-1
> 
> thanks,
> ->HS
> 



So, no one has seen this problem before?

->HS