From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 16:06:07 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 8512016A469; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF74C13C44C; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5IG65fE029841; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:06:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l5IG64HJ029840; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:06:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:06:04 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20070618160604.GA29734@thought.org> References: <20070618043932.GA24771@thought.org> <46760E07.8010208@freebsd.org> <20070618045633.GA24906@thought.org> <20070618060534.GA25579@thought.org> <20070618212507.0ad8744a@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070618212507.0ad8744a@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , 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 16:06:07 -0000 On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:25:07PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > [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 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? > Yes, this was an X/xorg issue. There were logs in /var/log/gdm that pointed to /etc/X11/xorg.conf; but the errors weren't traceable. I created a new /root/xorg.conf.new and launched X. (twm) There was a substantially longer list of stderrs from X -configure. I'm still tracing these. > 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. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix