Gnome Session Problem

Nick Hudson nhudson at lunar-linux.org
Fri Sep 19 08:57:12 GMT 2003


I am currently working on this.  Though I am going out of town for the
weekend and will not be back till Sunday night or Monday, so things may
not get fixed till then.

nick


On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 16:51, S=C3=83=C2=A9bastien C=C3=83=C2=A9r=C3=83=C2=
=A8ze wrote:
> "Carl R. Powers" <powers at trac.wsmr.army.mil> wrote:=20
>         Hello. My name is Carl Powers and I'm a Lunar Linux user.
>         I am subscribed to the lunar mail list but am unable to post
>         due to problems with my ISP.
>        =20
>         I saw your post (attached) on the Gnome Session Problem on the
>         Lunar mail archives and I have exactly the same problem. My
>         .xsession-errors file look exactly like yours.
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>         In my case I also get a gnome error message in the upper left
>         corner of my screen warning me that the gnome-settings-daemon
>         was not run (not found) and that certain things might not
>         work.
>         In fact, like your situation, nothing works. It appears to me
>         that
>         the gnome-settings-daemon (gsd) referred to in fact did not
>         get
>         built or installed.
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>         I am able to login using the default Gnome session, but of
>         course,
>         many things do not work.
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>         Assuming you get this, I would appreciate it if you would post
>         it
>         to the Lunar mailing list.
>        =20
>         Thanks,
>         Carl Powers (powers at trac.wsmr.army.mil / powers at copper.net)
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>         Attached
>         --------
>         I don't think so. The splash screen appears for a very short
>         time, but
>         nothing seems to run.
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>         I don't know if this can help but this is the Xsession-errors
>         file i
>         have now
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>         /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with
>         wtmp and
>         utmp
>         /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg
>         -a -w
>         /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h ""
>         -l :0 seb
>         /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
>         /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute:
>         /usr/bin/ssh-agent --
>         /opt/lunar/gnome/2.4/bin/gnome-session
>         SESSION_MANAGER=3Dlocal/Lunar:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3949
>         Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
>         Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
>         Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
>         Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
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>         Le lun 15/09/2003 20:01, Nick Hudson a crit :
>         >/ When the splash screen appears does it run anything in the
>         splash
>         />/ screen? like "Window Manager" or "Nautilus" ??
>         />/=20
>         />/ Nick
>         />/=20
>         />/=20
>         />/ On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 12:22, Sbastien Crze wrote:
>         />/ > Nick,
>         />/ >=20
>         />/ > I Just upgrade gdm. Gnome start now, but after the
>         splash screen nothing
>         />/ > happens. Just an empty screen with the mouse in the
>         middle.
>         />/ >=20
>         />/ >=20
>         />/ > Le lun 15/09/2003 13:48, Nick Hudson a crit :
>         />/ > > on your /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default file on the 9th
>         line add in
>         />/ > > /opt/lunar/gnome/2.4/bin to the PATH and restart GDM
>         and you should be
>         />/ > > able to login. This will be fixed in gdm today.
>         />/ > >=20
>         />/ > > Nick
>         />/ > >=20
>         />/ > >=20
>         />/ > > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 05:27, Sbastien Crze wrote:
>         />/ > > > Hi all,
>         />/ > > >=20
>         />/ > > > Just install the new gnome and I cannot access to it
>         />/ > > > using gdm. I have to use gnome failsafe so far.
>         />/ > > >=20
>         />/ > > > Here is the message i get=20
>         />/ > > >=20
>         />/ > > > /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your
>         />/ > > > session with wtmp and utmp
>         />/ > > > /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running:
>         />/ > > > /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w
>         />/ > > > /var/log/wt/etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session
>         />/ > > > setup...
>         />/ > > > /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute:
>         />/ > > > /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- gnome-session: No such file or
>         />/ > > > directory
>         />/ > > >=20
>         />/ > > >=20
>         />/ > > > What can i do ?
>         />/ > > >=20
>         />/ > > > thanks
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