Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 08:11:43 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screensaver fails after upgrade to gnome 2.30 and Xorg 7.5 Message-ID: <20100520151143.439821CC2E@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 May 2010 21:53:17 EDT." <4BF4960D.1090206@freebsd.org>
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> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 21:53:17 -0400 > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> > > On 5/17/10 5:01 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > I think this has happened on a previous upgrade, but I don't recall > > whether it was Gnome or Xorg that triggered it and I just upgraded both > > on my desktop. Sorry for the cross-post. > > > > Gnome 2.30 is working fine as is X. The one problem is that the > > screensaver locks the screen, but will not ever prompt for input. I just > > see the screen pattern appear for an instant and the screen goes back to > > black. > > > > I'm sure I had the same issue at some time in the past, but I just can't > > remember the details. > > > > The only message I see in the logs is: > > gnome-session[30429]: WARNING: Unable to determine session: Unable to > > lookup session information for process '30429' > > > > It looks like I get one of these every time the system starts to bring > > up the unlock screen. > > > > Any ideas what I might nave missed? > > I typically see this after upgrading gdm. A simple reboot solves it. > > In your case, it could be that you need to force an upgrade of > sysutils/polkit and sysutils/policykit. All of my systems except for that one are fine. I re-boooted that system, but I won't be at its location until tomorrow, so I can't verify that it is working. If not, I will do the polkit and policykit re-builds, but I suspect the reboot did the trick. Thanks! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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