gnome start-up issues

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 07:46 -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote:
> Joe,
> 
> Thanks for the response, I put gnome_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf,
> and I still get the exact same outcome.

Is dbus-daemon --system running?  What about system-tools-backends?

> 
> Another thing that is occuring is that after shuttind down the gnome
> desktop, I can no longer become su without exiting and then re-logining on.

What error do you get?

Joe

> 
> Jim
> 
> ----------  In Response to your message -------------
> 
> >  Date:  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:10:57 -0500
> >  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb at homer.att.com>
> >  From:  Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus 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, cann
> ot 
> >  > register OobsObject
> >  >  aborting...
> >  >  
> >  >  warning: Unable to get location for thread creation breakpoint: generic e
> rror
> >  >  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 na
> me 
> >  > '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
> >  FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
> >  http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team      ::      gnome at FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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