xfce4 and xorg-7.5

[Carmel]

On Sun, 2 May 2010 07:39:05 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> articulated:

> On Sun, 2 May 2010, Carmel wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> articulated:
> >
> >> I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4
> >> and 8-stable.  Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce.
> >>
> >> This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about
> >> half the time startx is tried after that:
> >>
> >>    process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_path (path)" failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165.
> >>    This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
> >>      D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace
> >>
> >> X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it
> >> immediately exits.  Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just
> >> from the command line.
> >>
> >> twm runs every time without problems.
> >>
> >> Log and config files here:
> >>
> >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/
> >
> >
> > I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the "FreeBSD Questioins"
> > forum regarding it.
> 
> Can you verify that xfce starts but quits on the first try after reboot, but 
> otherwise will start maybe half the time?
> 
> Once started, xfce seems to work fine.

Sorry, I cannot get it to start at all. I tried over a dozen times. The
"XFCE" screen briefly appears, then crashes. The following "core" files
are created in my home directory:

xfce4-panel.core
xfce4-session.core

This is the output I trapped when attempting to start xfce4:

Script started on Sun May  2 11:05:29 2010
xauth:  creating new authority file /home/gerard/.serverauth.5109
xauth:  creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority
xauth:  creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority


X.Org X Server 1.7.5
Release Date: 2010-02-16
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64 
Current Operating System: FreeBSD scorpio.seibercom.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat Apr 17 22:25:11 EDT 2010     gerard at scorpio.seibercom.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SCORPIO amd64
Build Date: 01 May 2010  07:27:12PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.16.6
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun May  2 11:05:29 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
record: RECORD extension enabled at configure time.
record: This extension is known to be broken, disabling extension now..
record: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20500
/usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0
<stdin>:1:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Those
<stdin>:2:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #or
<stdin>:3:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft
<stdin>:4:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft
xrdb:  "Xft.hinting" on line 9 overrides entry on line 6
xrdb:  "Xft.hintstyle" on line 11 overrides entry on line 7
Agent pid 5142
xfdesktop[5164]: starting up
process 5150: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_path (path)" failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
  D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)
System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.


(xfwm4:5158): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error

(xfce4-settings-helper:5168): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error

(xfce4-settings-helper:5168): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager
Abort trap (core dumped)
Agent pid 5142 killed

(xfce4-settings-helper:5170): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error

(xfce4-settings-helper:5170): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager

(xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error

(xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: Disconnected from session manager.

waiting for X server to shut down xfce4-settings-helper: Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0.
hp-systray: Fatal IO error: client killed


Script done on Sun May  2 11:05:34 2010


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