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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] metacity does not start
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:17:27
Message-Id: 1191805322.10151.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] metacity does not start by Matthias Langer
1 On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 01:50 +0200, Matthias Langer wrote:
2 > i'm wondering if anyone else has this problem, or even better, a
3 > solution for it:
4 >
5 > since i've upgraded to gnome-2.18.x i have to start metacity manually at
6 > least sometimes after logging in. that is, in about 1 of 4 logins, i
7 > don't have a usable desktop till i type "metacity" into some terminal.
8 >
9 > apart from this annoying behavior, gnome seems to be fine.
10 >
11 > here are some parts of my configuration:
12 > "
13 > $ emerge --info
14 > Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2,
15 > glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 x86_64)
16 > [...]
17 > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
18 > CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
19 > CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
20 > CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
21 > [...]
22 > USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2
23 > cairo caps cddb cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread
24 > eds emboss encode evo exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gd gdbm gif
25 > gimp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk hal hddtemp iconv icu ipod ipv6
26 > isdnlog java jpeg jpeg2k lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors mad matroska
27 > midi mikmod mmap mmx mmxext mono mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl
28 > nptlonly nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl plotutils png pppd
29 > python qt3support quicktime readline reflection ruby sdl session spell
30 > spl sse sse2 ssl ssse3 svg tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype
31 > truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd vorbis xattr xml xorg xv xvid
32 > zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty
33 > extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi
34 > null plug rate route share shm softvol" CAMERAS="canon konica ptp2
35 > kodak" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux"
36 > [...]
37 > "
38 >
39 > i'm using:
40 >
41 > x11-wm/metacity-2.18.5 USE="-debug -xinerama"
42 > x11-libs/gtk+-2.10.14 USE="X jpeg tiff -debug -doc -xinerama"
43 > gnome-base/gnome-session-2.18.3 USE="ipv6 tcpd -branding -debug -esd"
44 > gnome-base/gnome-light-2.18.3
45 >
46 > also note, that the system i'm using has been installed from scratch
47 > just a bit more than a month ago and i'm having this problem ever since.
48 >
49 > thanks,
50 > matthias
51 >
52 I had this problem and solved it by deleting ~/.gnome ~/.gnome2 and
53 ~/.gnome2_private
54
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