From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 2 20:56:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7678F16A42B for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 20:56:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: from luke.segpub.com.au (luke.segpub.com.au [64.49.254.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE45643D6B for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 20:56:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: (qmail 8718 invoked by uid 89); 3 May 2006 06:56:36 +1000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.35?) (eoghan@redry.net@213.202.132.171) by 0 with SMTP; 3 May 2006 06:56:36 +1000 Message-ID: <4457C77E.5070400@redry.net> Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 21:56:30 +0100 From: eoghan User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Marcus Clarke References: <4457BC5A.3010600@redry.net> <4457BD6D.7060301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4457BD6D.7060301@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnome 2.14 issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 20:56:37 -0000 Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > eoghan wrote: >> Hi >> First off thanks to all concerned for the 2.14 update. I have it up and >> running. I would like to ask a few questions; perhaps someone can help >> me... These have mostly been inherited from my 2.12 build. >> >> First off, my problem with Desktop -> Administration persists. >> That is, when i try to open anything in here it prompts for a root >> password which it will not accept, message is: >> "The entered password is invalid, Check that you typed it correctly and >> that you haven't activated the caps lock key" >> I am really stuck on this one, was happening to me in 2.12 and I waited >> for 2.14. I asked before and no one else seems to be having this issue. >> If anyone can give me any clues I would appreciate it. > > Works for me on 6-STABLE and -CURRENT. I haven't had any problems with > these tools since I fixed the pipe problems a few months ago. > Thanks. Any suggestions on how I can resolve this? >> The new "Login Window" at Desktop -> Administration fails to load with >> this error: >> "Could not launch menu item Details: Failed to execute child process >> 'gmdsetup' (No such file or directory)" > > Try reinstalling GDM. This works for me. > Done. Same issues. >> I have also noticed (in 2.12 too) that from the Applications -> System >> Tools menu, New Login and New Login in a nested window don't load. There >> is no error message, just nothing happens. Same with Lock Screen from >> the Desktop menu. > > Make sure you have xorg-nestserver installed. I have this installed. Perhaps my original install is somehow tainted... any suggestions/tips on doing a complete fresh gnome install without a os reinstall? Maybe I need a fresh start... Thanks for the suggestions Joe. Eoghan > Joe