Date: 12 Jun 2002 17:25:36 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Elwood Blues <fernando@secret.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnome2: gnome-session crashes Message-ID: <1023917136.321.133.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0206121614040.12677-100000@epa.secret.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0206121614040.12677-100000@epa.secret.org>
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On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 16:17, Elwood Blues wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Elwood Blues wrote: > > > On 9 Jun 2002, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 12:58, Elwood Blues wrote: > > > > On 8 Jun 2002, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 12:24, Elwood Blues wrote: > > > > > > Not a single problem when I installed the gnome2 metaport on > > > > > > FreeBSD-4.6-RC built on May 18th, but whenever I try to start > > > > > > gnome-session, I get the following from bug-buddy: > > > > > > > > > > > > Backtrace was generated from '/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session' > > > > > > > > > > Is it actually crashing? What signal is gnome-session exiting on? > > > > > sobomax found that without scalable fonts installed, GNOME 2 crashed all > > > > > over the place. Make sure you have all the X fonts installed, and that > > > > > all the font types are loaded in your XF86Config file. > > > > > > > > The GNOME Session Manager (process 262) has crashed > > > > due to a fatal error (Segmentation fault). > > > > > > > > XFree86-fontScalable-4.2.0 port is installed, FontPath statements > > > > are in place in /etc/X11/XF86Config. Will check the logs to make > > > > sure there were no errors initializing the font paths. > > > > > > > > > > Also tried running gdm from /etc/ttys, but the interface hangs > > > > > > after any user input. Any ideas why this might be happening? > > > > > > > > > > This seems to be a popular complaint. I never encountered it since I > > > > > always start gdm from an rc script from /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d. A new > > > > > GNOME 2 snapshot is out, and I will be working on the update. Perhaps > > > > > the new gdm2 will alleviate this problem. > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > This is with the gdm2-2.3.90.3 port. All I did was install the > > > > /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 metaport. Starting gdm2 from an rc script > > > > doesnt work either, all I get is the screen you would get if you > > > > started X without a window manager. > > > > > > When you rebuild world, do you also rebuild libc_r? > > > > > > Joe > > > > I would assume so because I rebuilt the world on Saturday: > > # ls -la /usr/lib/libc_r* > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1474534 Jun 8 12:34 /usr/lib/libc_r.a > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Jun 8 12:34 /usr/lib/libc_r.so -> > > libc_r.so.4 > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 683096 Jun 8 12:34 /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4 > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1599552 Jun 8 12:34 /usr/lib/libc_r_p.a > > > > Maybe this is a problem? > > # grep fonts XFree86.0.log > > (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX". > > (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"). > > (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings". > > (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings"). > > (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2". > > (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2"). > > (**) FontPath set to > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/sgi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/nucleus,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/jmk" > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a > > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, removing > > from list! > > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, removing > > from list! > > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont, > > removing from list! > > > > Let me resolve that and see if it helps. Thanks for your time, > > Resolved the above issues with the FontPaths, as far as I can tell, the > scalable fonts are installed and usable. gnome-session still crashes with > the same errors as before. Any ideas? No. I'm not seeing this problem after updating to the latest GNOME 2. Can you try removing all your GNOME 2 settings, and see if the problem persists? Joe > > -F > > -- 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
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