From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 9 01:27:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989CC16A420 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 01:27:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5495543D45 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 01:27:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (adsl-65-68-207-114.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [65.68.207.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6AA4114313 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:26:49 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:26:55 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <153449CB60015C5F4863400C@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: <325F97185D8785D7FB0250FF@[10.110.3.244]> References: <325F97185D8785D7FB0250FF@[10.110.3.244]> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.0 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Problems with gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:27:59 -0000 --On March 8, 2006 5:57:02 PM -0600 Paul Schmehl wrote: > I upgraded gnome on my 5.4 workstation (ran gnome-upgrade212.sh), and now > the system locks up shortly after I login. If I don't login I can open a > tty and do whatever I want from the cli, but if I login, the system locks > up and I can't even open a tty (or restart X.) Mouse and keyboard inputs > are ignored, and the only option is a hard reboot. > > What can I do to troubleshoot this problem? I'm pretty sure it has > something to do with gnome, since that's what's killing the system. > > FreeBSD 5.4 SECURITY, X Window System Version 6.9.0, gnome2-2.12.3. > > :0.log has the following error in it: "error opening security policy file > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/server/SecurityPolicy", and that file does not exist > on the hard drive. > > There's nothing out of the ordinary in /var/log/messages or > /var/log/dmesg.today (that I can see.) > Addendum: I'm not having any problems with a remote X session. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/