From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 16:57:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949E216A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:57:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.au.itouchnet.net (nat2.au.itouchnet.net [144.135.23.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B14E343D45 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:57:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrewjt@applecomm.net) Received: from [192.168.13.111] (helo=[192.168.13.111]) by mx1.au.itouchnet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.31; FreeBSD) id 1BDuEA-0008KI-LY; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:55:44 +1000 From: Andrew Thomson To: Joe Marcus Clarke In-Reply-To: <1081919385.52419.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1081842754.94842.6.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> <1081859913.95770.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1081896653.11882.1.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> <1081897083.839.69.camel@gyros> <1081909977.76324.1.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> <1081919385.52419.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1081986993.76324.8.camel@itouch-1011.prv.au.itouchnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:56:34 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -3.9 (---) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "mx1.au.itouchnet.net", hasmessageblock similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details.wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 22:32, Andrew Thomson wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-04-13 at 18:50, Andrew Thomson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 22:38, Andrewupgradestartup,>>and tried starting gnome and it all comes up > > > > > > perfectly. So I assume I have something funny lying around in one of the > > > > > > some>.gnome2.nautilus> > > > > > > > You should try launching /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon by > > > > > hand to see> once > > > > everything has started results in a working gnome-settings-daemon!! > > > > > > > > Restarted X again but still needbackand restarting.. > > > > Is this the normal output from gnome-settings-daemon ? > > > > /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Unexpected error in waitpid() (No child processes) > > > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: [...] Content analysis details: (-3.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description --------------------------------------------------1% [score: 0.0000] 1.1 AWL AWL: Auto-whitelist adjustment cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome settings daemon failing to start X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:57:02 -0000 On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 15:09, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 22:32, Andrew Thomson wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 08:58, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 18:50, Andrew Thomson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 22:38, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 03:52, Andrew Thomson wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > After my upgrade to 2.6, everything went smoothly except for when I > > > > > > startup, I get a little dialogue complaining that the "gnome settings > > > > > > daemon" could not be started and thefore I get dodgy icons on the > > > > > > desktop. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have created a new user and tried starting gnome and it all comes up > > > > > > perfectly. So I assume I have something funny lying around in one of the > > > > > > gnome . directories. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried removing some obvious ones but no luck yet... > > > > > > > > > > > > .esd_auth > > > > > > .gconf > > > > > > .gconfd > > > > > > .gnome > > > > > > .gnome2 > > > > > > .gnome2_private > > > > > > .metacity > > > > > > .nautilus > > > > > > > > > > > > Any clues on what's causing this problem? > > > > > > > > > > You should try launching /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon by > > > > > hand to see exactly why it's not coming up. > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > Probably doesn't help much, but running the gnome-settings-daemon once > > > > everything has started results in a working gnome-settings-daemon!! > > > > > > > > Restarted X again but still doesn't want to start on startup! > > > > > > Okay, then what you need to do is start it manually, then save your > > > session, and log back in. > > > > > > > Sorry to be a pain,, no love after saving session and restarting.. > > > > Is this the normal output from gnome-settings-daemon ? > > > > /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Unexpected error in waitpid() (No child processes) > > > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed > > > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:76363): WARNING **: Unexpected error in > > waitpid() (No child processes) > > These messages are normal when I start g-s-d manually via a remote X > DISPLAY. I don't know why it's not starting for you automatically. > Perhaps it has something to do with your environment. How do you start > GNOME? What environment settings do you have? > Thanks for the assistance Joe. Just start a gnome-session from my .xinitrc However given everything works fine for other users I'll start tampering with my own account... I'll try and remove a few of the other directories Mezz suggested. I'll keep the list posted on the outcome! regards, ajt.