gnome-screensaver on 2.12

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:38:12 -0600, Michael Johnson <ahze at ahze.net> wrote:

>
> On Nov 18, 2005, at 5:56 AM, Alexandre Vasconcelos wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> After upgrading my gnome from 2.10 to 2.12 (FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE) my  
>> screensaver stoped working. I've been searching on list archives and  
>> didn't find anything related.. when I run gnome-screensaver (version  
>> 0.0.20) I get this error message:
>>
>> [alex at salmao alex]$ gnome-screensaver
>>
>> (gnome-screensaver:78604): gnome-screensaver-WARNING **: couldn't  
>> connect to session bus: Unable to determine the address of the message  
>> bus
>> gnome-screensaver-Message: set DPMS timeouts: 3600 3600 7200.
>>
>> (gnome-screensaver:78604): gnome-screensaver-WARNING **: failed to  
>> register with the message bus
>>
>> Running gnome-screensaver-preferences I can set everything just fine,  
>> but I still get this error from console:
>>
>> [alex at salmao alex]$ gnome-screensaver-preferences
>> /home/alex/.gtkrc-2.0:2: Impossi vel encontrar o arquivo de include:  
>> ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
>>
>> (gnome-screensaver-preferences:78649): Gdk-WARNING **: shmget failed:  
>> error 28 (No space left on device)
>>
>> ** (gnome-screensaver-preferences:78649): WARNING **: Failed to connect  
>> to the FAM server: (null)
>>
>>
>> Any clues?
>
> The "No space left on device" is a big clue.
> looks like you are out of room.

shmget is a shared memory, so add this in /etc/sysctl.conf should solve  
it. This below also can make your desktop go smoother.

kern.ipc.shmmax=67108864
kern.ipc.shmall=32768

Cheers,
Mezz

> Also, check out  http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q25
> for dbus info
>
>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> --Alexandre Vasconcelos
>> Unix Admin
>> SSP/GO
>> ----------------------
>> Get rich or die trying
>> ----------------------


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