From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 11:25:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 521E516A46B for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:25:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE2313C44B for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:25:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 3780 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2007 06:25:11 -0500 Received: from 203-217-41-248.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.217.41.248) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 18 Jun 2007 06:25:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:25:07 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20070618212507.0ad8744a@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070618060534.GA25579@thought.org> References: <20070618043932.GA24771@thought.org> <46760E07.8010208@freebsd.org> <20070618045633.GA24906@thought.org> <20070618060534.GA25579@thought.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: DISPLAY troubles... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:25:14 -0000 [removing cross posting to -gnome@ ] On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:05:34 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 09:56:33PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:45:59AM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > This is a strange one. Last time I ran my broswer it worked. > > > > Also, I *finally* had Gnome auto-booting. Just now, terminal > > > > fails to come up ; likewise with firefox. I rebooted twice but > > > > don't see anything unusual. > > > > > > > > I'm rerunning portupgrade -a for the umpteent time. If anybody > > > > knows why the DISPLAY fails, I'd like a clue. "env" shows the > > > > display as ":0.0", but nothing works..... > > > > > > You can try ktracing the simplest non-working X application from the > > > command line. See if anything obvious shows up. > > > > > > > > > I can even get X working. Not kdm, not gdm, not even xdm. > > I'll check the /tmp/.X11* file.... > > > > gary > > > > PS: I'm upgrading ports right this sec, but ought to be ble to > > go in thru F3 or the like. > > > > > FWIW: lots more of things likee theses in /var/log/debug.log: > > Jun 5 00:04:39 tao2 su: NSSWITCH(nss_method_lookup): nis, group_compat, > endgrent, not found > > But in /etc/make.conf is NO_NIS=YES; so I don't no where the nis > yelps are coming from.... any ideas?? Also, lot of -aP packages > cming over via portupgrade. > > Also I /usr is > > X11R6 -> /usr/local/ > > It's gone from working to (!working) and back. And back... . HM. > this is interesting, aabout kdm-bin in messages and gdm also: > > Jun 17 21:45:27 tao2 syslogd: exiting on signal 15 > Jun 17 21:45:53 tao2 syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel > Jun 17 21:45:55 tao2 rpcbind: cannot create socket for udp6 > Jun 17 21:45:55 tao2 root: /etc/rc: WARNING: /etc/ntp.conf is not > readable. > Jun 17 21:45:56 tao2 sm-mta[21870]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): > opendaemonsocket: daemon IPv6: can't create server SMTP socket: Protocol > not supported > Jun 17 21:45:56 tao2 sm-mta[21870]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): > opendaemonsocket: daemon IPv6: optional socket disabled > Jun 17 21:46:11 tao2 login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0 > Jun 17 21:46:18 tao2 kdm-bin[21947]: X server for display :0 terminated > unexpectedly > Jun 17 21:46:18 tao2 kdm-bin[21947]: Unable to fire up local display :0; > disabling. > Jun 17 21:58:30 tao2 login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv2 > Jun 17 22:02:28 tao2 gdm[22133]: Failed to start X server several times > in a short time period; disabling display :0 > Jun 17 22:10:53 tao2 kdm-bin[24594]: X server for display :0 terminated > unexpectedly > Jun 17 22:10:53 tao2 kdm-bin[24594]: Unable to fire up local display :0; > disabling. > Jun 17 22:43:34 tao2 kdm-bin[90030]: X server for display :0 terminated > unexpectedly > Jun 17 22:43:34 tao2 kdm-bin[90030]: Unable to fire up local display :0; > disabling. It seems it's an issue with X, not necessarily with your login manager. - Check what X logged in /var/log/Xorg.0.log - PLEASE dont paste the lot in here blindly - errors / problems are usually clearly marked. Send those here for help. - Disable all login managers (gdm,etc), then start X by itself (startx) - it may start gnome, or maybe twm. if it doesn't, it would most definitely point to - did you upgrade to Xorg 7.2 recently? did you follow the upgrade process to a successful completion? B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." Abraham Lincoln I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.