From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 18:10:45 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBFE716A417 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp102.math.arizona.edu (smtp102.math.arizona.edu [128.196.102.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAB713C4A5 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp102.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IOdcH-0003UP-AA for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:10:42 -0700 Received: from 71-220-138-238.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.138.238] helo=.domain.actdsltmp) by smtp102.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.50) id 1IOdcB-0003U4-US; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:10:36 -0700 Message-ID: <46CF1F18.2070102@math.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:10:32 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070713) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Ragona , questions@freebsd.org References: <746001.8761.qm@web88306.mail.re4.yahoo.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070824094414.026637a0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070824094414.026637a0@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACL-Warn: The HELO/EHLO greeting .domain.actdsltmp is invalid X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Cc: Subject: Re: Gnome issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10:45 -0000 Derek Ragona 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 I always shutdown computer using Gnome menu. Never had that issue. I am clueless why is that happening to you. I think Derek gave you a good idea. Predrag