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Date:      Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:41:50 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>
To:        Bear <jilingshu@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: GNOME can work well in VMWare but cannot work in real machine
Message-ID:  <4C1801AE.2040409@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <201006160113087580919@Gmail.com>
References:  <AANLkTikwO9aqzZoae6Q_4x1C9dOyK0jl9YqEAGUaxkxI@mail.gmail.com>, <4C171C41.1080405@freebsd.org>, <201006160003293357455@Gmail.com>, <4C17A631.5060407@freebsd.org> <201006160113087580919@Gmail.com>

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On 6/15/10 1:13 PM, Bear wrote:
> hi,
> I have done this. I created a new account named 'test' but it still have this problem...

Can you rebuild gnome-panel and gnome-session with debugging symbols,
then attach gdb while gnome-panel is "hung?"  Once attached, run "bt" to
get a backtrace.  That may help isolate the problem.

Joe

> 
> ------------------				 
> Bear
> 2010-06-16
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> From:Joe Marcus Clarke
> Send Date:2010-06-16 00:11:32
> To:Bear
> CC:freebsd-gnome
> Subject:Re: GNOME can work well in VMWare but cannot work in real machine
> 
> On 6/15/10 12:03 PM, Bear wrote:
>> hi, Yes of course I am sure that my hostname is reslovable. I used to
>> install GDM but it still has this problem. And also, I dont wanna
>> install it because I *DO NOT* need it.
> 
> You might try creating a virgin account on the problem machine, and see
> if the problem follows the account.  That is, a new account may not see
> any problem.
> 
> Joe
> 
>>
>> ------------------ Bear 2010-06-16
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> From:Joe Marcus Clarke Send Date:2010-06-15 14:23:03 To:Lingfeng
>> Xiong CC:freebsd-gnome Subject:Re: GNOME can work well in VMWare but
>> cannot work in real machine
>>
>> On 6/14/10 9:50 PM, Lingfeng Xiong wrote:
>>> hi there, I found a strange thing. As I described, my GNOME cannot
>>> work with these error messages: gnome-session[69785]: WARNING:
>>> Unable to determine session: Unable to lookup ses sion information
>>> for process '69785' ** (gnome-panel:69812): WARNING **: Could not
>>> ask session manager if shut down i s available: Did not receive a
>>> reply. Possible causes include: the remote applic ation did not
>>> send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, t 
>>> he reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
>>>
>>>
>>> And gnome-panel has a very very slow responding. And also, the
>>> driver cannot be mounted without any error message. The thread
>>> about this problem with more information is here: 
>>> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=15013
>>>
>>> I has performed a test, and found that GNOME can work well in my 
>>> VMWare!! But in my real machine, no matter how many times I 
>>> reinstalled my system, it cannot work. Could you help me? thx!!
>>
>> Make sure your machine's hostname is resolvable, and make sure you
>> are running gdm.  Gdm will provide GNOME the ability to reboot and
>> shutdown.
>>
>> Joe
>>
> 
> 


-- 
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome



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