Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 22:55:30 -0400 From: jason <jason@ec.rr.com> To: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't startx after upgrade Message-ID: <40B16422.70705@ec.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <c5f1c7c645c0.c645c0c5f1c7@socal.rr.com> References: <c5f1c7c645c0.c645c0c5f1c7@socal.rr.com>
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hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com wrote: >Aloha > >I have just successfully upgrade gnome 2.4 to gnome 2.6. At least >that's the message I received after running the upgrade script. :) > >Before the upgrade all was working well. After the upgrade >I have some problems. I cannot startx from a regular user login. > >When trying, I get the following errors: > >$startx >xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/robert/.Xauthority >xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/robert/.Xauthority >xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/robert/.Xauthority >xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/robert/.Xauthority > >Fatal server error: >Cannot move old logfile "/var/log/XFree86.0.log.old" > >When reporting a problem (blah, blah) > > >giving up. >xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server >xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. >xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/robert/.Xauthority >$ > >If I startx from a root login, I get to gnome but it seems to load very >slow. > >I also am not able to su from a normal login to root. > >$su >Password: >May 22 06:48:27 bsd-desktop su: BAD SU robert to root on /dev/ttyv0 >su: Sorry >$ > >I am running FreeBSD 5.2RC. > >TIA >Robert > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > There was a big problem with updating gnome if you did not check freebsd/org/gnome first. You have to download a script and run it first. If you did not, np, just follow the instructions and all will be good once more. Jason
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