RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after updating world

[John covici]

on Wednesday 12/12/2007 Marzan, Richard non Unisys(Richard.Marzan@××××××.com) wrote
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: John covici [mailto:covici@××××××××××.com]
 > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:59 PM
 > > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
 > > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after
 > updating
 > > world
 > > 
 > > on Wednesday 12/12/2007 Marzan, Richard non
 > > Unisys(Richard.Marzan@××××××.com) wrote
 > >  > John,
 > >  >
 > >  >
 > >  > 	I remember having the same problem before and I believe that
 > >  > deleting the appropriate .gnome and .gnome2 directories would fix
 > the
 > >  > problem. I'm not sure why this happens or why this solution worked
 > for
 > >  > me but it did. You might lose some settings. Do not worry because
 > the
 > >  > .gnome and .gnome2 directories will be recreated as soon as you try
 > to
 > >  > run gnome.
 > >  >
 > >  > Regards,
 > >  >
 > >  > Richard
 > >  >
 > > 
 > > Unfortunately, no joy, I started xinit and I have in my /root
 > > directory a .xinitrc which says
 > > exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
 > > but all I got was a message on the text console which said waiting for
 > > the server to shut down, so we have a server problem as well,
 > > apparently.
 > > 
 > > 
 > >  >
 > >  > > -----Original Message-----
 > >  > > From: John covici [mailto:covici@××××××××××.com]
 > >  > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:43 AM
 > >  > > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
 > >  > > Subject: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after
 > updating
 > >  > world
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Hi.  After upgrading my system using emerge --update --deep
 > >  > > --with-bdeps=y world I am no longer able to use x-windows.  I saw
 > a
 > >  > > message for one package connection refused by server, but I saw
 > that
 > >  > > gnome-session had ended and that no other gnome apps had
 > hstarted.
 > >  > > There is nothing in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log, so I have no idea
 > how to
 > >  > > trouble shoot this at all.  I am using nvidia drivers 100.14.19
 > and
 > >  > > gentoo sources of 2.6.21-r4.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Any assistance would be appreciated.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > --
 > >  > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The
 > question
 > > is:
 > >  > > How do
 > >  > > you spend it?
 > >  > >
 > >  > >          John Covici
 > >  > >          covici@××××××××××.com
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 > > you spend it?
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 > >          John Covici
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 > John,
 > 
 > 
 > 	Are you running X as root. I don't think that's a good idea. Try
 > running it as a normal user. And try using exec gnome-session in your
 > .xinitrc files. See if that works for you.

Well, I can't run it as a normal user, I get the following in my
.xsession-errors file

/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent --
show-all-if-ambiguout
show-all-if-ambiguout: No such file or directory

I used to be able to run as root when I was using 2.18, however I
can't do this anymore.  I have no idea what is happening with this.

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
         covici@××××××××××.com
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