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Date:      Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:23:01 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: gnome long startup
Message-ID:  <1081192980.53516.38.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <200404052121.13482.ajacoutot@lphp.org>
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On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 15:21, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> On Monday 05 April 2004 20:15, Simon Barner wrote:
> > do you have a firewall, and if so, are you sure it does not block that
> > connection?
>=20
> Nope, this is a test station within my LAN, there's no firewall on it.
>=20
> > The same goes for tcpwrappers, so check /etc/hosts.allow and
> > /etc/hosts.deny.
>=20
> I never touched those files, so I don't think there' re the problem.
>=20
> > I third thing that comes to my mind is /etc/hosts? Is it set up properl=
y,
> > e.g.
>=20
> Yes, and there's also a DNS server on the LAN.
>=20
> > Does the problem go away, if you create a test user and try to log into
> > Gnome? If so, then some of your ~/.* configuration files/directories ar=
e
> > hosed, and you should be able to fix the problem by moving them away.
>=20
> No, the problem still occurs.
>=20
> > If all of the above fails, please provide more information, e.g. FreeBS=
D
> > version, list of installed packages (ls /var/db/pkg), the login manager
> > you use. An excerpt from the log you mentioned might also be useful.
>=20
> Well, I use FreeBSD-5.2.1-p1 and my login manager is gdm2.
> But even if I start gnome from console (using .xinitrc), I get the same=20
> problem. Disabling esd in gnome control center make the problem disapear.
> I have no log whatsover except what I said about 127.0.0.1:16001 which=20
> appeared when I set log_in_vain in rc.conf.
>=20
> I do have these in my sysctl.conf, do you think this could cause problem:
>=20
> security.bsd.see_other_uids=3D0
> net.inet.tcp.blackhole=3D2
> net.inet.udp.blackhole=3D1
> net.inet.tcp.sendspace=3D65535
> vfs.usermount=3D1
> kern.randompid=3D2

Yes, the blackholes have been known to cause problems with GNOME
startup.  First make sure you can do:

ping `hostname`

Then try disabling the blackholes, and see if that helps.

Joe

>=20
> Thanks.
>=20
> Antoine
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