gnome start-up issues

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:22:41 -0600, Nikolaj Thygesen <NT at MILESTONE.DK>  
wrote:

> Are these two ways of launching dbus equivalent:
>
> 	dbus_enable="YES" in rc.conf
> and
> 	exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session in .xinitrc

No, you don't need that 'exec dbus-launch....' anymore since GNOME 2.14.x.

Cheers,
Mezz

> 	br - N :o)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Joe Marcus Clarke
> Sent: 14. december 2006 18:11
> To: J. W. Ballantine
> Cc: gnome at FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: gnome start-up issues
>
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> J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>> On a 6-stable system, with this am's cvsup from ports, and MC.com,
>> I'm getting an unusual startup of the gnome desktop.  It starts,
>> I get the gnome splash screen and then a bug buddy report from
>> nautilus that CD/DVD creator has crashed.  After I close that (having
>> already sent one report), the desktop remains grey, until I go to
>> System->Preferences->Desktop Background and when the
>> Desktop Background Preferences window opens, so does the background,
> but
>> no icons.
>>
>> The output of startx follows:
>>
>>  xauth:  creating new authority file /home/jwb/.serverauth.981
>>
>>
>>  X Window System Version 6.9.0
>>  Release Date: 21 December 2005
>>  X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
>>  Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.1 i386 [ELF]
>>  Current Operating System: FreeBSD thunder1.homer.att.com
> 6.2-PRERELEASE
>> FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #6: Tue Dec 12 15:17:06 EST 2006
>>  jwb at thunder1.homer.att.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/THUNDER1 i386
>>  Build Date: 28 October 2006
>>          Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
>>          to make sure that you have the latest version.
>>  Module Loader present
>>  Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>>          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>>  (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 13 08:59:47 2006
>>  (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>>  SESSION_MANAGER=local/thunder1.homer.att.com:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1003
>>
>>  (nautilus:1049): Liboobs-WARNING **: Failed to connect to socket
>> /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
>>
>>  Liboobs-CRITICAL **: OobsSession object hasn't connected to the bus,
> cannot
>> register OobsObject
>>  aborting...
>>
>>  warning: Unable to get location for thread creation breakpoint:
> generic error
>>  LibGTop-Server: pid 1067 received eof.
>>
>>  ** (gnome-panel:1048): WARNING **: Failed to establish a connection
> with GDM:
>> No such file or directory
>>  ** Message: Could not connect to power manager: Could not get owner
> of name
>> 'org.gnome.PowerManager': no such name
>>
>>  ** (gnome-panel:1048): WARNING **: Failed to establish a connection
> with GDM:
>> No such file or directory
>>  /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
>>  waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE
>> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
>
> You need to make sure system-tools-backends and dbus are started.  Add
> system_tools_backends_enable="YES" and dbus_enable="YES" or
> gnome_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf.
>
> Joe
>
>>
>> Jim Ballantine
>>
>>
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>
> - --
> Joe Marcus Clarke
> FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome at FreeBSD.org
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