Date: 03 Feb 2003 20:47:59 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Post mortum on Gnome2 problem Message-ID: <1044323279.71367.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3E3EDEE3.809@twcny.rr.com> References: <3E3EDEE3.809@twcny.rr.com>
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--=-af4CwZr98VJ+yHW0OX1F Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 16:28, Tom Parquette wrote: > Hi! > I had a problem 3 weeks ago where my Gnome2 desktop disappeared and took=20 > email and most of my stuff with it. I have finished rebuilding and I'm=20 > back on the air. >=20 > Below is the email I tried to send to the questions list to see if=20 > someone could help me. It was thrown back at me. I guess something=20 > thought I was spam. >=20 > Anyway, I would like to see if anybody has any ideas on what might have=20 > caused this. > The configuration is NOT running on any machine but I was able to tar=20 > the filesystems and ftp them to my wife's window$ machine before I was=20 > forced to reinstall. >=20 > Has anybody seen anything like this? > Even though an answer would not help at this point, if there is=20 > something I did that could cause the problem again, I'll call this a=20 > learning experience and not do it again. > TIA for any help. >=20 > Here is the email that was refused by freebsd-questions: > I was working with my machine and the last reboot caused my Gnome2=20 > desktop to "disappear". By disappear, I'm talking about: The Home icon=20 > is gone. The trash icon is gone. The start here icon is gone. The=20 > wallpaper used to be brushed metal (the default wallpaper)now is is a=20 > blue/green solid color. Poking around, I believe the winddow manager was=20 > changed to Enlightenment from Sawfish (I changed it back with no change=20 > in results.) >=20 > When I try to start Mozilla from an icon it does not start. If I open an=20 > xterm winddow, I get "No running window found." then the command prompt=20 > returns. Some applications, e.g. xosview, gaim, appear to work=20 > correctly. The screensaver seems to work correctly. If I signon with a=20 > different user ID, the results are almost the same except the logoff=20 > pulldown does not log you off. I'm also running GDM2. >=20 > This is a 4.7-STABLE system that was last updated about 2 weeks ago. >=20 > The only known changes/factors are: > I had the Gnome system monitor running. It was answering pulldown list=20 > and buttons so slowly, I had to CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE to get out of it. (I=20 > ended up with nothing moving at all.) > I installed healthd, which complained about IPv6 not being there. > I added IPv6 support and rebooted. > It was after the reboot for IPv6 that I noticed the problem. >=20 > ANY help would be more than welcome. Try creating a fresh user called gnome, make sure your hostname resolves in either DNS or /etc/hosts, then try logging in as the gnome user. If things fail, get the ~/.xsession-errors file. This will hopefully have some useful stuff in it. Also, it would help to see a list of what's currently installed on this machine. Joe > Thanks > Tom >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-af4CwZr98VJ+yHW0OX1F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+PxvPb2iPiv4Uz4cRAuBgAJ9+5MFgunEPMjJPlImnBB6h67ZbBgCfQSKV 4UKQdIjmY3MVDRcp8m7BSGo= =UhrL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-af4CwZr98VJ+yHW0OX1F-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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