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From: Matthias Langer <mlangc@×××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] metacity does not start
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:07:55
Message-Id: 1191801059.7046.12.camel@vega.lnet
1 i'm wondering if anyone else has this problem, or even better, a
2 solution for it:
3
4 since i've upgraded to gnome-2.18.x i have to start metacity manually at
5 least sometimes after logging in. that is, in about 1 of 4 logins, i
6 don't have a usable desktop till i type "metacity" into some terminal.
7
8 apart from this annoying behavior, gnome seems to be fine.
9
10 here are some parts of my configuration:
11 "
12 $ emerge --info
13 Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2,
14 glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 x86_64)
15 [...]
16 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
17 CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
18 CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
19 CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
20 [...]
21 USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2
22 cairo caps cddb cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread
23 eds emboss encode evo exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gd gdbm gif
24 gimp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk hal hddtemp iconv icu ipod ipv6
25 isdnlog java jpeg jpeg2k lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors mad matroska
26 midi mikmod mmap mmx mmxext mono mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl
27 nptlonly nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl plotutils png pppd
28 python qt3support quicktime readline reflection ruby sdl session spell
29 spl sse sse2 ssl ssse3 svg tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype
30 truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd vorbis xattr xml xorg xv xvid
31 zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty
32 extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi
33 null plug rate route share shm softvol" CAMERAS="canon konica ptp2
34 kodak" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux"
35 [...]
36 "
37
38 i'm using:
39
40 x11-wm/metacity-2.18.5 USE="-debug -xinerama"
41 x11-libs/gtk+-2.10.14 USE="X jpeg tiff -debug -doc -xinerama"
42 gnome-base/gnome-session-2.18.3 USE="ipv6 tcpd -branding -debug -esd"
43 gnome-base/gnome-light-2.18.3
44
45 also note, that the system i'm using has been installed from scratch
46 just a bit more than a month ago and i'm having this problem ever since.
47
48 thanks,
49 matthias
50
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Re: [gentoo-user] metacity does not start Hex Star <hexstar@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] metacity does not start Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>