Gnome freezes after session start

[Andrew]

On Wednesday 20 July 2005 03:48, Arjan Geven wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I seem to have a session problem with Gnome. When I log in, the loader
> shows the first two icons (the second icon being metacity) and then
> stops loading the rest of my session. Something seems to be bugged in
> the metacity sessions that were saved I think.
>
> If I choose "Failsafe Gnome" it starts without any problems. I guess
> this has something to do with the fact that I rebooted without a
> proper shutdown, but am not sure.
>
> How can I solve the login problem? I'd like to start my normal session
> again.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Arjan.

I would, from a console, delete ~/.cache directory:
rm -rd ~/.cache

""Failsafe Gnome" it starts without any problems", "the metacity sessions that 
were saved I think" and " I rebooted without a
 proper shutdown" lead me to this conclusion.