Authentication Failed

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On 6/20/11 10:47 AM, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:47 AM, J. W. Ballantine
> <jwb at hera.homer.att.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, they are in /etc/rc.conf:
>>
>> dbus_enable="YES"
>> avahi_daemon_enable="YES"
>> avahi_dnsconfd_enable="YES"
>> hald_enable="YES"
>>
>> and ps shows:
>>
>> $ ps -A | egrep hald\|avahi\|dbus
>>  1166  ??  Is     0:00.03 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --system
>>  1320  ??  I      0:00.08 avahi-daemon: running [overland.local] (avahi-daemon)
>>  1326  ??  I      0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/avahi-dnsconfd -D
>>  1467  ??  Is     0:32.89 /usr/local/sbin/hald
>>  1474  ??  I      0:00.08 hald-runner
>>  1510  ??  I      0:00.02 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/psm0
>> (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
>>  1514  ??  S      0:02.94 hald-addon-storage: no polling on /dev/fd0 because
>> it is explicitly disabled (hald-addon-storage)
>>  1526  ??  I      0:00.02 hald-addon-mouse-sysmouse: /dev/ums0
>> (hald-addon-mouse-sy)
>>  1532  ??  S      0:17.03 hald-addon-storage: /dev/da0 (hald-addon-storage)
>>  1561  ??  S      0:26.92 hald-addon-storage: /dev/acd0 (hald-addon-storage)
> 
> Sorry, I don't know what's wrong with your GNOME. I can't help you any
> further. It works perfect here by default.

Of course, procfs needs to be mounted.  That's the most common cause of
authentication failures.

Joe

> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
> 
> 
>> Jim
>>
>> ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>>
>>>  Date:  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:21:33 -0500
>>>  To:  "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb at hera.homer.att.com>
>>>  From:  Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd at gmail.com>
>>>  Subject:  Re: Authentication Failed
>>>
>>>  On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:05 PM, J. W. Ballantine
>>>  <jwb at hera.homer.att.com> wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  > Hi,
>>>  >
>>>  > I made the change to .xinitrc per you request, restarted the gnome
>>>  > desktop, and the error box is still poping up and there is no
>>>  > error file.
>>>
>>>  Do you have hald, dbus and avahi-* running? If you don't, you will
>>>  need to add those in the /etc/rc.conf or start those by manual.
>>>
>>>  http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#full-gnome
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>>  Mezz
>>>
>>>
>>>  > Jim
>>>  >
>>>  > ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>>>  >
>>>  >>  Date:  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:55:20 -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 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 windo
>> w
>>>  >>  >>  > 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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> 


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Joe Marcus Clarke
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