Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:13:00 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: jahnke@sonatabio.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Desktop Not Loading Message-ID: <1202235180.43300.28.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1202232856.15893.6.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com> References: <1202232856.15893.6.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com>
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--=-diY2ZKZgjrnWoHc7r4QK Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 09:34 -0800, Frank Jahnke wrote: > For some reason my desktop is not loading. When I start Gnome (through > "startx") the Gnome splash screen loads, and some applications start. > The top and bottom bars are as they should be. However, the wallpaper > and the desktop icons do not load. Looking at the console start-up > messages provides no clues. Most of the applications work as expected, > but (for example) the desktop appearance (from System -> Preferences) > does not. >=20 > Usually there is a dot file that, when removed, eliminates this sort of > thing. Unfortunately, I've no idea which one this might be. Any advice > would be most appreciated. This could be a problem with Nautilus alone (i.e. it's crashing), or you may need to follow the steps at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20 . If Nautilus is crashing, you will need to follow the steps at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/bugging.html to get a proper backtrace. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-diY2ZKZgjrnWoHc7r4QK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkeopysACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4d+fACfRTYdGK1wtOwq5Lh7ucccw7AI oxEAn0JRIdCJCDzo5JXGZUTAB53m4TD9 =E72P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-diY2ZKZgjrnWoHc7r4QK--
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