gnome 2.14 issues

[eoghan]

Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
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> eoghan wrote:
>> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
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>>> eoghan wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>> First off thanks to all concerned for the 2.14 update. I have it up and
>>>> running. I would like to ask a few questions; perhaps someone can help
>>>> me... These have mostly been inherited from my 2.12 build.
>>>>
>>>> First off, my problem with Desktop -> Administration persists.
>>>> That is, when i try to open anything in here it prompts for a root
>>>> password which it will not accept, message is:
>>>> "The entered password is invalid, Check that you typed it correctly and
>>>> that you haven't activated the caps lock key"
>>>> I am really stuck on this one, was happening to me in 2.12 and I waited
>>>> for 2.14. I asked before and no one else seems to be having this issue.
>>>> If anyone can give me any clues I would appreciate it.
>>> Works for me on 6-STABLE and -CURRENT.  I haven't had any problems with
>>> these tools since I fixed the pipe problems a few months ago.
>>>
>> Thanks. Any suggestions on how I can resolve this?
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> No.
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>>>> The new "Login Window" at Desktop -> Administration fails to load with
>>>> this error:
>>>> "Could not launch menu item Details: Failed to execute child process
>>>> 'gmdsetup' (No such file or directory)"
>>> Try reinstalling GDM.  This works for me.
>>>
>> Done. Same issues.
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> Ah, I went to the wrong Login Window.  Make sure /usr/X11R6/sbin is in
> your path.  You also need to be root to run gdmsetup.
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>>>> I have also noticed (in 2.12 too) that from the Applications -> System
>>>> Tools menu, New Login and New Login in a nested window don't load. There
>>>> is no error message, just nothing happens. Same with Lock Screen from
>>>> the Desktop menu.
>>> Make sure you have xorg-nestserver installed.
>> I have this installed.
>>
>> Perhaps my original install is somehow tainted... any suggestions/tips
>> on doing a complete fresh gnome install without a os reinstall?
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> Well, everything you report as broken works for me on multiple machines.
>  You might try creating a dummy account, and see if things improve.
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> Joe

Thanks Joe
I have only one system available to me to test this on. Ill be getting a 
new one to replace it soon. So I guess I can just cvsup and portupgrade 
to see if I can resolve any of these issues.
Eoghan