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Subject: Re: can't startx after upgrade
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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
>
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>
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