Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:18:27 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Re: wrong time stamp 1 JAN 1970 on /var/tmp/orbit-<user> Message-ID: <20090224121827.GA1008@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <1235409986.38503.42.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20090218155207.GA53416@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <1235409986.38503.42.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:26:26PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 15:52 +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I use FBSD 6.4-stable alpha. When starting a browser (firefox2 or kazehakase) no window > > is open, instead: > > > > GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session) > > > > and wrong date on /var/tmp/orbit-mexas (my username) > > > > % ls -al /var/tmp/ > > total 28 > > drwxrwxrwt 7 root wheel 512 18 Feb 15:48 . > > drwxr-xr-x 25 root wheel 512 18 Feb 14:43 .. > > srwxrwxrwx 1 mexas wheel 0 18 Feb 15:47 dbus-KXVAJaE3A4 > > srwxrwxrwx 1 mexas wheel 0 18 Feb 15:47 dbus-l8TP5ypEB0 > > srwxrwxrwx 1 mexas wheel 0 18 Feb 15:47 dbus-nUZBGPeroY > > drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 18 Sep 12:50 gconfd-root > > drwx------ 2 mexas wheel 512 1 Jan 1970 orbit-mexas > > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 18 Sep 12:50 orbit-root > > drwxrwxrwt 5 mexas wheel 512 5 Feb 21:23 texfonts > > drwxrwxrwt 2 root wheel 512 18 Feb 15:48 vi.recover > > % > > > > I've in /etc/rc.conf > > > > dbus_enable="YES" > > hald_enable="YES" > > > > and I've many dbus-launch and dbus-daemon processes: > > > > # ps ax|grep dbus > > 594 ?? Is 0:00.05 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --system > > 50289 ?? Is 0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 7 --print-address 9 --sessi > > 52477 ?? Is 0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 7 --print-address 9 --sessi > > 52947 ?? Is 0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 7 --print-address 9 --sessi > > 50273 p1 I 0:00.05 dbus-launch --autolaunch c147699dcd782c00b8cb56ec49707d8a --binary-syntax > > 50285 p1 I 0:00.00 dbus-launch --autolaunch c147699dcd782c00b8cb56ec49707d8a --binary-syntax > > 52943 p1 I 0:00.06 dbus-launch --autolaunch c147699dcd782c00b8cb56ec49707d8a --binary-syntax > > 52946 p1 I 0:00.00 dbus-launch --autolaunch c147699dcd782c00b8cb56ec49707d8a --binary-syntax > > 53487 p2 R+ 0:00.00 grep dbus > > # > > > > each time I try to launch a browser another couple of dbus processes > > are started, but never exit. > > Make sure you're starting your X session with dbus-launch. For example: > > dbus-launch --exit-with-session fvwm I've: % cat $HOME/.xsession dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/local/bin/mwm when I connect to the xdm via XDMCP, I can login, but the mouse doesn't respond to clicks, so I cannot start xterm or anything else. % ps ax | grep dbus 594 ?? Is 0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --system 905 ?? I 0:00.04 dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/local/bin/mwm 908 ?? I 0:00.00 dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/local/bin/mwm 909 ?? Is 0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 7 --pri 965 p0 R+ 0:00.00 grep dbus % many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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