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

[ipx]

I got it to work now by reinstalling gnome through apt-get. The general solution however seems to be to install another desktop manager like lxde and run it once, after that gnome3 should work.

[Grozzy]

Yes! It worked for me too. Thank you techgs for the tip.

Here's the solution:

1. Install another desktop manager, e.g. LXDE.
2. Log in using it.
3. Reboot and log in using Gnome Shell.

At first gnome-shell did not autostart, but that could easily be solved by adding a startup command.

Thank you all!

EDIT: This did not work when I removed LXDE.

[Serry911]

Yes! It worked for me too. Thank you techgs for the tip.

Here's the solution:

1. Install another desktop manager, e.g. LXDE.
2. Log in using it.
3. Reboot and log in using Gnome Shell.

At first gnome-shell did not autostart, but that could easily be solved by adding a startup command.

Thank you all!

hello, guyz iam really a very newbie and i loved ubuntu 10.10 and then i upgraded to 11.04 then installed gnome3 and now i have the same error like yours, i have no internet connection now as the laptop cannot login so i cant install lxde i will appreciate if u helped me how to solve this issue briefly pleaseeeeeee
Thank you

[VampiricPadraig]

hello, guyz iam really a very newbie and i loved ubuntu 10.10 and then i upgraded to 11.04 then installed gnome3 and now i have the same error like yours, i have no internet connection now as the laptop cannot login so i cant install lxde i will appreciate if u helped me how to solve this issue briefly pleaseeeeeee
Thank you

Same here.

[Serry911]

Same here.

So what will we do dood? I don't know what to do am using the other laptop with windows 7 and it really sucks

[davoudi]

Select recovery mode in the boot time, then sudo apt-get install lxde to get ride of switching back and forth to windows 7. Now you have a simple nice linux environment to do your things. You need to install gnome-shell as well. Now can change startup option using command gconf-editor. Select "desktop", "gnome", "required_components", remove compiz and add "gnome-shell. This however didn't work for me, so I don't know what I am missing.

[Serry911]

Select recovery mode in the boot time, then sudo apt-get install lxde to get ride of switching back and forth to windows 7. Now you have a simple nice linux environment to do your things. You need to install gnome-shell as well. Now can change startup option using command gconf-editor. Select "desktop", "gnome", "required_components", remove compiz and add "gnome-shell. This however didn't work for me, so I don't know what I am missing.

well i only have ubuntu on my laptop and iam not that expert and i tried yestreday to install lxde but it didnt install because of no internet connection i think, iam downloading 11.04 livecd now and all my data (100GB) are in the home folder as i dont have other partitions can u tell me how to remove gnome3 and get back to unity or actually re-installing 11.04 without loosing data?
Thank you very much

[Grozzy]

Okay, I admit, the solution did not work. When I removed LXDE, the ".ICEauthority" error just keeps coming back.

[johnnyslogan]

Hi - I had the same problem, and it turned out, I didn't do the

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

during installation of gnome 3. It might be worth a try.

[thomasmilo]

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.

Techgs,
Thank you for this solution. I like the lighter desktop better anyway and now I don't have to rush to solve the continuing gdm issue.