Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:18:54 +0100 From: Piero <piero@poprostu.pl> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I debug the logout session? Message-ID: <20031212161854.50e5c7a0.piero@poprostu.pl> In-Reply-To: <oprz09yjid8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> References: <oprz07uaqw8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <1071172308.749.43.camel@gyros> <oprz09yjid8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:31:21 -0600, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:51:48 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke > <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 14:45, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > >> I have everything up to date, it's Gnome 2.5.2 and it can't > >logout. I am> wondering how can I debug that kind of bug? > > > > gnome-session is responsible for logging in and out. You might > > want to attach gdb to that from a vty and see what happens. > > Also, check the~/.xsession-errors and console for anything > > useful. > > There's no ~/.xsession-errors and I don't understand or know what > you mean by vty? Attaching the errors.txt is what I get from kill > X by manual, but I don't think it will help that much. I tried to > add that '--sync' in the .xinitrc like 'exec gnome-session --sync' > and no luck. vty is a virtual terminal (ttyv), that's what you get besides the console with Alt+F<N>, before starting Xwindow (unless you start it with display manager). When in Gnome try switching to it with Ctrl+Alt+F<N> - you should see teh same errors that would go to ~/.xsession-errors, at least it works this way here. I had sleepless night, so I hope I explained myself ;-) HTH, -- Piero piero@poprostu.pl
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