Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 00:33:06 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gonf2 upgrade breaks my system Message-ID: <1241929986.88553.30.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20090510043034.CB60C1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> References: <20090510043034.CB60C1CC0B@ptavv.es.net>
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--=-TkbTvEsaF1PqANCGvKg1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 21:30 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > > Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 23:41:19 -0400 > >=20 > > On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 20:30 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > > > > Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 01:10:30 -0400 > > > >=20 > > > > On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 16:00 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > > 7.2-STABLE of April 22. Uniprocessor system (ThinkPad T43). > > > > >=20 > > > > > All ports updated to cvs as of 7-May at 03:00:00 UTC. > > > > >=20 > > > > > After updating gconf2 to 2.26.1, my Gnome startup fails. I use st= artx, > > > > > not gdm. > > > > >=20 > > > > > The failure is that gnome-panel starts and the top panel appears = for a > > > > > second or two, then vanishes. But the CPU gets very busy, and the > > > > > display starts jumping up and down by 24 pixels every second or s= o. > > > > >=20 > > > > > I get no core files and see nothing on the console that would ind= icate > > > > > what might be happening, but it makes the system pretty unusable.= The > > > > > only way out that I could come up with was to switch back to vty0= and > > > > > enter a ^C. > > > > >=20 > > > > > I tried moving my .gnome2 directory out of the way, but that did = not > > > > > help. Would .local or some other directory possibly help? > > > > >=20 > > > > > Any idea of where to look? How to try to get an indication of the > > > > > problem?=20 > > > >=20 > > > > Follow the instructions at > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/bugging.html to build gnome-panel= and > > > > gconf2 (at least) with debugging symbols, then hopefully you'll be = able > > > > to get a backtrace from gnome-panel. All the symptoms point to a c= rash, > > > > but I cannot reproduce. > > >=20 > > > Yes, gnome-panel crashes when I upgrade gconf2 to 2.26.1. > > >=20 > > > Looks to me like I will need to build a bunch more stuff with debug, > > > but maybe this will help someone more familiar with the code. > >=20 > > Does this key exist: > >=20 > > /apps/panel/applets/12t1062698483ut637949u1001p864r1504910582k321702657= 2/locked > >=20 >=20 > Nope. Should it? Yes. Each applet should have a locked key. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-TkbTvEsaF1PqANCGvKg1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkoGWQEACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4c/jQCfQsRLTRPL27LpTfpWAHBrieVE 218AoJSTIPWVGUxA97uSHIvoIacZUpSr =GhKG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-TkbTvEsaF1PqANCGvKg1--
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