Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:20:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org, Byron Campbell <wa4geg@netscape.net> Subject: Re: Workspace Switcher: cannot add workspaces Message-ID: <873789.80483.qm@web52903.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4C2C75C4.4050306@netscape.net>
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--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Byron Campbell <wa4geg@netscape.net> wrote:=0A> > In th= is box I specify a number that is greater than=0A> 1.=A0 For example, "9".= =A0 Then I click "Close" (there=0A> is no OK or APPLY button).=A0 The numbe= r of workspaces=0A> does not change.=A0 Furthermore, when I go back into th= e=0A> preferences window, the "Number of workspaces" is back to=0A> =0A> I = have this exact same problem too, both on FreeBSD 8.1-RC1=0A> and FreeBSD = =0A> 8 Stable with Gnome 2.30.0 installed from packages.=0A> =0A> Will be w= atching this thread for any solutions and anything=0A> to test.=0A=0AContra= ry to popular belief, this problem is not caused by these issues:=0A- misco= nfigured /etc/hosts=0A- dbus not running=0A- hal not running=0A- /proc not = mounted=0A=0AThe problem, I believe, is related to this entry in /var/log/m= essages:=0A=0AJul 1 04:00:23 myhost kernel: pid 1551 (polkit-gnome-authen),= uid 92: exited on signal 4 (core dumped)=0A=0AIt is easy to reproduce:=0A= =0A1. Buy a HP Z800 computer=0A2. Boot to FreeBSD 8.1-RC1 DVD=0A3. Install = FreeBSD=0A4. portsnap fetch extract=0A5. pkg_add -r xorg=0A6. pkg_add -r gn= ome2=0A7. add gnome_enable=3D"YES" to rc.conf=0A8. add /proc to /etc/fstab= =0A9. Fix my.domain references in /etc/hosts=0A10. Reboot and login=0A=0AI = filed a bug: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D148272=0A=0AChris= =0A=0A=0A
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