Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:28:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael S <msherman77@yahoo.com> To: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome issues Message-ID: <919417.63835.qm@web88306.mail.re4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <46CF1F18.2070102@math.arizona.edu>
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It definitely is not a new drive, but after shutting down with shutdown -p it never happened. I'll see what happens later today. --- Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> wrote: > Derek Ragona wrote: > > At 06:46 AM 8/24/2007, Michael S wrote: > >> Good day all, > >> > >> I installed Gnome a few days ago and everything > had > >> been fine up until last night. I shutdown the > computer > >> using a Gnome menu (and not shutdown -p now) and > upon > >> restart one of my drives (the one mapped to > /home) > >> wasn't working. After I did get it to work and > able to > >> return to using GNOME, but when I login using > GDM, I > >> don't see the desktop pager and the windows don't > have > >> any decorations (e.g. borders, close/minimize > >> buttons). I am not an expert, but looks like the > >> window manager got corrupted by that improper > >> shutdown. > >> Anyone had similar experiences? Any ideas how to > >> rectify this? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Michael > > > > Sounds like your drive may be having issues. I > would reboot in single > > user mode and fsck the drive. You may also want > to try the drive > > manufacturer's diagnostic utility. > > > > -Derek > > I always shutdown computer using Gnome menu. Never > had that issue. I am > clueless why is that happening to you. I think Derek > gave you a good idea. > Predrag > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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