gnome start-up issues

[J. W. Ballantine]

Thanks,  I added the hald_enable ="YES", and hald is running,
now I get the splash screen and nothing, i.e. the screen remains
grey.  The startx messages seem alright:
 Initializing gnome-mount extension
 seahorse nautilius module initialized
 
Jim

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>  Date:  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:09:31 -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:
>  > OK, is all this documented somewhere, that I haven't seen?
>  
>  All except s-t-b is documented in the FreeBSD GNOME FAQ.  You should be
>  periodically reading http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ and all the important
>  docs there, especially if you're going to run development versions of GNOME.
>  
>  Joe
>  
>  > 
>  > ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>  > 
>  >>  Date:  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:42:51 -0500
>  >>  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb at homer.att.com>
>  >>  From:  Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at FreeBSD.org>
>  >>  Subject:  Re: gnome start-up issues
>  >>
>  > J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>  >> After using system_tools_backends_enable="YES" and dbus_enable="YES", the
>  >> dbus-daemon --system and system-tools-backends are both running.
>  >> (they may have been running with gnome_enable="YES", I changed it before
>  >> I checked.)
>  > 
>  >> While the screen and cd/dvd creator react the same, the messages are now:
>  >> Initializing gnome-mount extension
>  > 
>  >> ** (nautilus:1260): WARNING **: Failed to initialize libhal context: (nul
l
>  >> ) : 
>  >> (null)
>  > 
>  >> ** (nautilus:1260): WARNING **: Could not initialize hal context
>  > 
>  > Make sure you have hald_enable="YES", and that hald is running.
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
>  >> GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT 
>  >> (object_type)' failed
>  >> aborting...
>  > 
>  >> warning: Unable to get location for thread creation breakpoint: generic e
r
>  >> ror
>  >> LibGTop-Server: pid 1301 received eof.
>  > 
>  >> ** (gnome-panel:1259): WARNING **: Failed to establish a connection with 
G
>  >> DM: 
>  >> No such file or directory
>  > 
>  >> ** (gnome-panel:1259): WARNING **: Failed to establish a connection with 
G
>  >> DM: 
>  >> 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.
>  > 
>  > 
>  >> Whein I try to su I get:
>  >>  su: sorry
>  >>  su: BAD SU jwb to roor on dev/ttyv0
>  > 
>  > I can't reproduce.  I started a startx session, then logged out, and I
>  > can still su.  What are you doing in your session?
>  > 
>  > Joe
>  > 
>  > 
>  >> Jim
>  > 
>  >> ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>  > 
>  >>>  Date:  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:24:10 -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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>  >>>  On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 07:46 -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>  >>>  > Joe,
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  > Thanks for the response, I put gnome_enable=3D"YES" in /etc/rc.conf,
>  >>>  > and I still get the exact same outcome.
>  >>>  
>  >>>  Is dbus-daemon --system running?  What about system-tools-backends?
>  >>>  
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  > Another thing that is occuring is that after shuttind down the gnome
>  >>>  > desktop, I can no longer become su without exiting and then re-logini
n
>  >> g o=
>  >>>  n.
>  >>>  
>  >>>  What error do you get?
>  >>>  
>  >>>  Joe
>  >>>  
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  > Jim
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  > ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  > >  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
>  >>>  > >
>  >>>  > > =20
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  >=20
>  >>>  --=20
>  >>>  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
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>  http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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