GNOME 3.0 sometimes doesn't start properly

[phayz]

I know that GNOME 3 is not available from the Salix repositories but I wanted to post my problem here in case a fellow GNOME 3 user can help. I am running Salix and using the very latest, "current" repositories. To that I have added GNOME 3.0 from GNOME Slackbuilds project and the installation went very well.

My problem is that after I log on via GDM, GNOME 3 will sometimes hang on startup, leaving me with a blank wallpaper and the mouse cursor only. No amount of clicking or key presses improves the situation. I can't even switch to another VT to be able to access messages and find out what's going wrong. About once every three boots, GNOME 3 starts perfectly and behaves perfectly for the entire time I'm using it. I can't understand why it works perfectly sometimes and doesn't start at other times.

I'll mention it here, in case it's of use, that my problem is occurring on an MSI Wind U200 13" laptop which features an Intel video chipset.

Can anyone suggest what might be going wrong? Where does GNOME 3 keep its startup log file? Perhaps I can look there for clues.

[thenktor]

Either Gnome 3 or a Xorg problem. Do you have the same problems with other desktops? I don't know where Gnome 3 stores a log file, but you can do this:
1. in /var/log/ you'll find an Xorg log file
2. you can login in run level 3 and start Gnome 3 like this: startx /path/to/gnome3-session 2> start.log

[phayz]

thenktor,

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll try them shortly and report the results back here.