From owner-freebsd-gnome Mon Dec 30 10: 6:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2404E37B401 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:06:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FAB943EA9 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:06:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBUI6Os7027667; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 13:06:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: problems starting gnome From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: KH Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3E10882D.503@gmx.net> References: <3E0F6A0B.2000902@gmx.net> <1041198099.406.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <3E10882D.503@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1041271603.323.20.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 30 Dec 2002 13:06:44 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,NOSPAM_INC,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, SPAM_PHRASE_02_03 version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 12:53, KH wrote: > Thanks for your prompt reply. > > > The problem with the localhost is solved. > > But starting GNOME as an ordinary user is still the same. > One thing is that I get an error message > "/tmp/ICE-unix/..../tmp/.sawfish-user PERMISION DENINED" Try deleting all the files in /tmp, and make sure /tmp's permissions are 7777. > > There are also some differences in the home directories. root has the > following files subdirectories which are missing in the user > directory: > subdirectories: .emacs.d; .gconf; .gnome-desktop > files : .nautilus > > user instead has a bunch of "*.core" files like nautilus.core The GNOME files and directories won't be created until things successfully startup. Based on the information provided, I cannot determine exactly why you're having problems, but permissions are the first thing I would check. Joe > > Klaus > > > > > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 16:32, KH wrote: > > > > > I installed GNOME on FREEBSD 4.7. > > > > > > Running it as root is basically no problem, except that it is looking > > > for the internet address of the localhost or has problems to find the > > > localhost address even the /etc/hosts looks fine. > > > > > > > You should also make sure your hostname resolves as well. If you don't > > have a dedicated Internet connection, then add an alias that resolves > > your hostname back to 127.0.0.1. > > > > > > > Running it as normal user GNOME is loaded but not the panel, so that I > > > always see black&white doted screen. > > > The a.m. failure also appears here too. > > > > > > How do I get rid of these problems? > > > > > > > You may need to remove your ~/.gnome2/session file, then restart GNOME. > > > > Joe > > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message