Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:46:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael S <msherman77@yahoo.com> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome issues Message-ID: <971681.99023.qm@web88303.mail.re4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070824094414.026637a0@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Thanks Derek, I'll scan the drive using both methods, as soon as I get back home. --- Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > At 06:46 AM 8/24/2007, Michael S wrote: > >Good day all, > > > >I installed Gnome a few days ago and everything had > >been fine up until last night. I shutdown the > computer > >using a Gnome menu (and not shutdown -p now) and > upon > >restart one of my drives (the one mapped to /home) > >wasn't working. After I did get it to work and able > to > >return to using GNOME, but when I login using GDM, > I > >don't see the desktop pager and the windows don't > have > >any decorations (e.g. borders, close/minimize > >buttons). I am not an expert, but looks like the > >window manager got corrupted by that improper > >shutdown. > >Anyone had similar experiences? Any ideas how to > >rectify this? > > > >Thanks in advance, > >Michael > > Sounds like your drive may be having issues. I > would reboot in single user > mode and fsck the drive. You may also want to try > the drive manufacturer's > diagnostic utility. > > -Derek > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their > support. > >
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