From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 22 23:41:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CDEA16A4CE for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 23:41:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-02-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-02-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C91A43D49 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 23:41:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com) Received: from ms-mss-01 ([10.10.4.12])i4N6ffXr027423 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 23:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from socal.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HY500GCSMLHNI@ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 May 2004 23:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.6.205] (Forwarded-For: [24.25.245.126]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (mshttpd); Sat, 22 May 2004 20:41:41 -1000 Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 20:41:41 -1000 From: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: xfree86@xfree86.org Subject: can't startx from user after upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 06:41:44 -0000 Hello I have just successfully upgrade gnome 2.4 to gnome 2.6. Well, at least that's the message on the screen after upgrade. :) 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 P.S. If this message was duplicated, I apologize. I received a message from my mail admin that it could not be sent. So I am sending again.