Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:03:08 -0800 (PST) From: chrisa@uvic.ca To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My GNOME2 cannot work! Message-ID: <54489.142.104.193.193.1226872988.squirrel@wm3.uvic.ca> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0811160937j3b94ac26q251f2bc2abc9b953@mail.gmail.com> References: <200811161150196091110@Gmail.com> <200811162022198288506@Gmail.com> <790a9fff0811160937j3b94ac26q251f2bc2abc9b953@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 11/16/08, Bear <jilingshu@gmail.com> wrote: >> hi, >> I have use these commands to install GNOME to my new-installed FreeBSD >> 7.0: >> >> pkg_add -r xorg >> pkg_add -r gnome-session >> pkg_add -r gnome2-lite >> >> and then,I reboot my computer and use user Bear to login. >> then I type in >> >> echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc >> >> then I type in >> >> startx >> >> but it give me a error >> the summary of the error is below: >> >> Could not lock the file "/var/tmp/gconf-test-locking-file-CB9IKU" >> The error was "Invalid argument"(errno = 22) >> >> What Can I Do??thx! >> >> BTW:I have been set my PACKAGEROOT to >> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-current/Lat >> est/ >> > Uninstall all the packages that were installed from the above > PACKAGEROOT, then set PACKAGEROOT to either: > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.0-release/Latest > > or > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/Latest > > The packages you had installed were built for FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT, > they are not compatible with FreeBSD 7.0. > > Also, make sure that /var/tmp has the permissions 1777 set: > > # ls -l /var/ | grep tmp > drwxrwxrwt 12 root wheel 1536 Nov 16 10:56 tmp > > Scot I have the same problem with my gnome install. I'm running 7.0-RELEASE #0 with packages from 7-stable, and the same thing is happening. And the permissions for /var/tmp are set correctly: when I look in /var/tmp after the failure, it has created the file: it just claims that it can't lock it. Maybe it's a bug in the latest gnome.
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