Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:57:53 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@ethos.thought.org>, Gnome at FreeBSD List <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: any clues hy Gnome isn't autobooting? Message-ID: <op.ttcuqrq09aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20070602235124.GA82026@thought.org> References: <20070601021741.GA65950@thought.org> <op.ts709hq79aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070601072255.GA67598@thought.org> <op.ts9h7j0a9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070602235124.GA82026@thought.org>
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:51:24 -0500, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> = wrote: > > Okay Guys, since everybody has cleared out and I'm home alone, > back to what *really* count! > > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:34:21PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:22:55 -0500, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org= > >> wrote: >> >> >On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:30:43PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> >>On Thu, 31 May 2007 21:17:41 -0500, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.o= rg> >> >>wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>> I have gdm_enable=3D"YES" in /rc.conf but whrn I boot, I'm always= >> >>> tossed into termina mode. I have to login as root and go from >> >>> there. Typing gdm is rejected because the binary is already >> >>> running. And that proves true. Tying kdm eventually gets me to >> >>> that graphix login. From the kde login i can mouse into any >> >>> window manager I choose, but it turns out I'm more familiar with >> >>> gnome, etc, etc. so to hav my hand, fingers, wrist, i'll >> >>> appreciate any insights. Ifthe booot process looks at my >> >>> .xsession, that is likely part oft he problem. >> >> >> >>You will get better respone from us if you follow this: >> >>http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/bugging.html > > = > Read and consulted. (I sent this mail to my Ubuntu server which > runs evolution. This URL is stashed there and I'll move it to > the Dell evntuallly. AT LEast now I've got more clues to keep me > from shouting ``H E L P'' ... ) > >> >> >> >>Also, you haven't yet respone back to Norberto Meijome: >> >>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/2007-May/017594.ht= ml > I must have inadvertandly hit "d"; sorry, Beto. There were zero > errs to stdout or stderr. Only when I typed % gdm did the system > yelp that gdm was ALREADY running. I checked, and yup:: > > 622 ?? Is 0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/gdm-binary > > Next, I typed kdm and after an error that I couldn't catch from > the console --I can grep or find the strings if that will help-- > and after kdm thought about it, the kdm xlogin stuff popped up. > I selected Gnome, and voila! Do you have anything in ~/.xsession-errors? Cheers, Mezz > It may be worth noting that before xorg-7.2, the gdm_enable=3DYES > did throw mw into graphics. I _do_ have "exec gnome-session" in > ~/.xsession. Along with a commented #kdestart. Via the > X display manager was how anything worked. Before I try anything > else, I'll comment the exec gnome string and reboot. Got to be > some logical explaination why after things mostly work, there are > these minor snafus... . > > Oh yeah, Beto, after my first runs of portupgrade -aP > (UPGRADING); and after pkgdb -F's at least twice, things hadn't > finished. A few days ago I re-ran portupgrade -a (&c, &c); > then a pkgdb -L. Then more things seemed to run. ----This is > a parenthetical comment. I cvsupdate daily so might run > another portupgrade. > > > --In my notes in /etc/rc.conf from '05 or '06 maybe I have here > on tao: > > > gdm_enable=3D"NO" > ### > ### if "YES", in /etc/rc.conf and then execute > ### > ### /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start > > On tao2, that probably morphed to > > p5 16:02 <tao2> [515] ll gdm /usr/local/etc/rc.d > 2 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 561 May 31 12:33 gdm > > but there is also a /usr/local/etc/gdm/ with login-type files. > So far I haven't looked at them. Been using CTWM for more > lifetimes back than I'd like to admit. So I'm overdue for a > fancier environment. ... . > > > >> > >> > Apologies. I'll check the URL's within 24 hours. I'm looking >> > forward to getting evolution on the "new-tao" so i'll have the >> > option of usin it or mutt. >> > >> >> >> >>We are clueless just like you without any of your details. >> >> >> > >> > Ihear you, friend. just hhope that this is the last major >> > upheaval for, oh, 7,000 years :-) >> >> Afraid, we have a last major overhead for GNOME coming in this fall. = We >> are removing a lot of patches of share/gnome/, so we are going to lea= ve >> all of GNOME's tarballs vanilla at most. The result will be share/gno= me/ >> -> share/. This one will helping us to get a few more years unless xo= rg >> or/and GNOME developers do some big changes. ;-) > > > So long as it's a script or cookbook directions like in UPDATING, > no-prob. I've thought that /usr/X11R6 was overkill for years; > /usr/local was something that grad students invented circa 1980. > With v6 and v6 things defaulted to /bin; user-contributed > binaries were in /usr/bin. (blah, blah, blah.) But that *was* > awhile ago.... :-) > > nods of appreciation to ever'body, > > gary > > >> >> Cheers, >> Mezz -- = mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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