any clues hy Gnome isn't autobooting?

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:51:24 -0500, Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org>  
wrote:

>
> 	Okay Guys, since everybody has cleared out and  I'm home alone,
> 	back to what *really* count!
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:34:21PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:22:55 -0500, Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:30:43PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> >>On Thu, 31 May 2007 21:17:41 -0500, Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org>
>> >>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>	I have gdm_enable="YES" in /rc.conf but whrn I boot, I'm always
>> >>>	tossed into termina mode.  I have to login as root and go from
>> >>>	there.  Typing gdm is rejected because the binary is already
>> >>>	running.  And that proves true.  Tying kdm eventually gets me to
>> >>>	that graphix login.  From the kde login i can mouse into any
>> >>>	window manager I choose, but it turns out I'm more familiar with
>> >>>	gnome, etc, etc.  so to hav my hand, fingers, wrist, i'll
>> >>>	appreciate any insights.  Ifthe booot process looks at my
>> >>>	.xsession, that is likely part oft he problem.
>> >>
>> >>You will get better respone from us if you follow this:
>> >>http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/bugging.html
>
> 	
> 	Read and consulted.  (I sent this mail to my Ubuntu server which
> 	runs evolution.  This URL is stashed there and I'll move it to
> 	the Dell evntuallly.  AT LEast now I've got more clues to keep me
> 	from shouting ``H E L P'' ... )
>
>> >>
>> >>Also, you haven't yet respone back to Norberto Meijome:
>> >>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/2007-May/017594.html
> 	I must have inadvertandly hit "d"; sorry, Beto.  There were zero
> 	errs to stdout or stderr.  Only when I typed % gdm did the system
> 	yelp that gdm was ALREADY running.  I checked, and yup::
>
> 	  622  ??  Is     0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/gdm-binary
>
> 	Next, I typed kdm and after an error that I couldn't catch from
> 	the console --I can grep or find the strings if that will help--
> 	and after kdm thought about it, the kdm xlogin stuff popped up.
> 	I selected Gnome, and  voila!

Do you have anything in ~/.xsession-errors?

Cheers,
Mezz

> 	It may be worth noting that before xorg-7.2, the gdm_enable=YES
> 	did throw mw into graphics.  I _do_ have "exec gnome-session" in
> 	~/.xsession.   Along with a commented #kdestart.  Via the
> 	X display manager was how anything worked.  Before I try anything
> 	else, I'll comment the exec gnome string and reboot.  Got to be
> 	some logical explaination why after things mostly work, there are
> 	these minor snafus... .
>
> 	Oh yeah, Beto, after my first runs of portupgrade -aP
> 	(UPGRADING); and after pkgdb -F's at least twice, things hadn't
> 	finished.  A few days ago I re-ran portupgrade -a (&c, &c);
> 	then a pkgdb -L.  Then more things seemed to run.  ----This is
> 	a parenthetical comment.  I cvsupdate daily so might run
> 	another  portupgrade.
>
>
> 	--In my notes in  /etc/rc.conf from '05 or '06 maybe I have here
> 	on tao:
>
>
> 	gdm_enable="NO"
> 	###
> 	### if "YES", in /etc/rc.conf and then execute
> 	###
> 	### /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start
>
> 	On tao2, that probably morphed to
>
> 	p5 16:02 <tao2> [515] ll gdm 			     /usr/local/etc/rc.d
> 	2 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  561 May 31 12:33 gdm
>
> 	but there is also a /usr/local/etc/gdm/ with login-type files.
> 	So far I haven't looked at them.   Been using CTWM for more
> 	lifetimes back than I'd like to admit.  So I'm overdue for a
> 	fancier environment.  ... .
>
>
>
>> >
>> >	Apologies.  I'll check the URL's within 24  hours.  I'm looking
>> >	forward to getting evolution on the "new-tao" so i'll have the
>> >	option  of usin it or mutt.
>> >
>> >>
>> >>We are clueless just like you without any of your details.
>> >>
>> >
>> >	Ihear you, friend.  just hhope that this is the last major
>> >	upheaval for, oh, 7,000 years :-)
>>
>> Afraid, we have a last major overhead for GNOME coming in this fall. We
>> are removing a lot of patches of share/gnome/, so we are going to leave
>> all of GNOME's tarballs vanilla at most. The result will be share/gnome/
>> -> share/. This one will helping us to get a few more years unless xorg
>> or/and GNOME developers do some big changes. ;-)
>
>
> 	So long as it's a script or cookbook directions like in UPDATING,
> 	no-prob.  I've thought that /usr/X11R6 was overkill for years;
> 	/usr/local was something that grad students invented circa 1980.
> 	With v6 and v6 things defaulted to /bin; user-contributed
> 	binaries were in /usr/bin.  (blah, blah, blah.)  But that *was*
> 	awhile ago.... :-)
>
> 	nods of appreciation to ever'body,
>
> 	gary
>
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mezz


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