Authentication Failed

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:46 AM, J. W. Ballantine
<jwb at hera.homer.att.com> wrote:
>
> Mezz,
>
> I start with startx and exec ck-launch-session gnome-session
> in .xinitrc.

Try to start GNOME by:

exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session

GNOME works a lot better if you use GDM by add gnome_enable="YES" in
the /etc/rc.conf.

Cheers,
Mezz


> There is no ~/.xsession-errors file.
>
> Jim
>
> ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>
>>  Date:  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:21:21 -0500
>>  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb at hera.homer.att.com>
>>  From:  Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd at gmail.com>
>>  Subject:  Re: Authentication Failed
>>  Sender:  owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
>>
>>  On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:59 PM, J. W. Ballantine
>>  <jwb at hera.homer.att.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Hi,
>>  >
>>  > I running gnome on an FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE box and I get a black window
>>  > with a life preserver and an Authentication Failed message.  It
>>  > has a button for more details, which only says I don't have proper
>>  > authentication.  Then is no indication on what process is causing
>>  > the window to pop-up.
>>  >
>>  > Is anyone aware of what process is causing this window and why?
>>
>>  How did you start GNOME? Check in the ~/.xsession-errors to see if you
>>  get any error outputs.
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>  Mezz
>>
>>
>>  > Thanks
>>  >
>>  > Jim Ballantine


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