Ubuntu 11.04 Gnome Shell "Could not update ICEauthority file /home/user/.ICEauthority

Hello forum!
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity as the default desktop environment, but I wanted Gnome 3 instead. So the installation of Gnome 3 and Gnome Shell went through, and I'm presented with a nice "gnomeish" gdm, but when I type my user password and try to log in all I get is this:

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Could not update ICEauthority file /home/pontus/.ICEauthority

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And all I can click is a button that logs me out.

I've tried from the terminal to change owner and rights and I've even tried to delete the file, but I still get this dialog every time I log in.

Is there something else I can do and what may cause this strange problem?

Thank you!

I just got the same thing when installing it 15 minutes ago. Ubuntu 11.04 with Gnome 3 installed from the ppa-repository. I removed .ICEauthority but it didnt help.

I've tried the following so far:
- chmod -R 1777 /tmp
- chmod -R 777 ~/.local
- Create an empty .ICEauthority-file and chmod 777 it

No success. :(

exactly the same problem happen to me when i update from unity to gnome ,also try different permission ,please help

Hi,
Same problem here :(

This sometimes occurs with moving /home and these were the fixes suggested then.

Sometimes there are dmrc errors or permission errors and this has how to correct them:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/dmrcErrors
#Replace all instances of username with your login name or use $USER or $HOME
sudo chown username:username /home/username/.dmrc
chmod 644 /home/username/.dmrc
sudo chown username:username /home/username
chmod 755 /home/username

.ICEauthority errors
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6161267
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1590835
sudo chown $USER:$USER /home/$USER/.ICEauthority
sudo chmod 644 /home/username/.ICEauthority
or depending on permissions desired:
sudo chmod 600 $HOME/.ICEauthority

fred@fred-MavericDT:~$ echo $HOME
/home/fred
fred@fred-MavericDT:~$ echo $USER
fred
fred@fred-MavericDT:~$

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Originally Posted by oldfred

This sometimes occurs with moving /home and these were the fixes suggested then.

Sometimes there are dmrc errors or permission errors and this has how to correct them:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/dmrcErrors
#Replace all instances of username with your login name or use $USER or $HOME
sudo chown username:username /home/username/.dmrc
chmod 644 /home/username/.dmrc
sudo chown username:username /home/username
chmod 755 /home/username

.ICEauthority errors
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6161267
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1590835
sudo chown $USER:$USER /home/$USER/.ICEauthority
sudo chmod 644 /home/username/.ICEauthority
or depending on permissions desired:
sudo chmod 600 $HOME/.ICEauthority

fred@fred-MavericDT:~$ echo $HOME
/home/fred
fred@fred-MavericDT:~$ echo $USER
fred
fred@fred-MavericDT:~$

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Thank you for that, however it did not work for me. I tried all of the above and I still get this error.

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Originally Posted by ipx

Thank you for that, however it did not work for me. I tried all of the above and I still get this error.

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Didn't work for me either. This is what makes it so strange.

I have faced similar problem and finally found the work around.

I have taken following steps ( I am sure that some one will find more easy way to do that.)

1. By pressing CTRL+ALT F1 I could go command line mode.

2. I have installed lxde as alternative desktop manager just to keep my work.

3. From the Others menu I could figure out gnome3 manager.

4. Made the changes to stop autologin.

Voilla...

rebooted and selected gnome3 session...

Everything worked as expected and .ICEauthority error disappered and now I am using Gnome 3 on Natty.

:guitar:

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Originally Posted by techgs

I have faced similar problem and finally found the work around.

I have taken following steps ( I am sure that some one will find more easy way to do that.)

1. By pressing CTRL+ALT F1 I could go command line mode.

2. I have installed lxde as alternative desktop manager just to keep my work.

3. From the Others menu I could figure out gnome3 manager.

4. Made the changes to stop autologin.

Voilla...

rebooted and selected gnome3 session...

Everything worked as expected and .ICEauthority error disappered and now I am using Gnome 3 on Natty.

:guitar:

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Hm.. I tried doing that, and when I logged into the lxde-session and looked inside "Login Screen" settings there was no autologin. However, now when I logout and login as "Gnome/Openbox" it will now show a black screen for a second and then right back at login screen.

All I get in the syslog is two Gtk-WARNING's with some gtkwidget

Edit:
I also tried removing all gnome-related configuration folders (.gnome, .gnome2, .gconf, .gconfd, .metacity), still the same problem.

These are the two error messages I got:
gdm-simple-greeter[3075]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.0.8/./gtk/gtkwidget.c:6786: widget not within a GtkWindow
gdm-simple-greeter[3075]: Gtk-WARNING: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -47 and height -47

This guy seems to have the same problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1738674

I installed LXDE and it was all I needed, because I need to end my day here in Finland :D
I think this error is supposed to occur when you have autologin enabled, so I will try enable autologin and then disable it. Maybe you can try that and let me know if it works.

Good night and see you tomorrow!