Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:54:48 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unexpected config problem--how to fix? Message-ID: <1144468488.30655.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20060407195829.24280.qmail@web53410.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 12:58 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, > > im running Gnome 2.12 on FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE. i havent updated anything in > awhile and im not doing anything fancy. > > My panel suddenly got messed up--the icons faded away and got streaky. > The screen i was on was usable but i couldnt move to another desktop or > launch anything from the top or bottom panel. > > So i ran gdm-restart and now i cant even log in, i get a message with > "the configuration file contains an invalid command line for the login dialog, > so running the defulat command. Please fix your configuration". But then when i > log in it still doesnt work, "There was an error starting the GNOME settings > daemon...The last error message was: EOF from child process." and i cant log > in, i can only launch the Failsafe x-term. > > How do i fix this? My Gnome apps are uptodate and i havent changed anything. Login to X, and run /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon from the command line. What errors do you get? Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBENzQIb2iPiv4Uz4cRAh/yAKCv5Zjg2HbmLI7PFe1/hY8s7C2OBgCfRO5N 3Tagd/yto8Ao8Xw+bfW62vc= =E5Lo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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