Re: [gentoo-user] can anyone please help me with gnome?

[Unknown <drjoms@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 12:17 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> follow the instructions which are to start X with
> 
> 
> /etc/init.d/xdm start
> 
> then report back
> 
You are gonna laugh, out put of "/etc/init.d/xdm start" was - "starting
GDM", well probably i did a stupid thing somewhere letting gdm coming
over XDM but, i didnt do that on purpose - first, second i am using
"pure" X right now by executing xinit, .xinitrc file has only "xterm" i
have feeling it can help somehow...
Do you want me to change topic somehow?
> 
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:03:54 +0000
> Unknown wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 22:27 +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > > Unknown wrote:
> > > > X are working fine,
> > > 
> > I use X right now, (i can xinit X windows to work or i can execute GDM,
> > chose "Custom session" which  is nearly same xinit, with some unknown
> > window manager, not gnome though)
> > > How do you know X is working fine?
> > > 
> > > > when i GDM
> > > 
> > > You mean when you start gdm?  How?  What command do you give?  What 
> > > runlevel do you normally boot into?
> > > 
> > I boot into normal mode(default one), get root access from console and
> > manually run "gdm", than log in using my current user(using custom
> > session, which is nearly same xinit by the way it looks), i did try root
> > and i did try to create new user and log in as user using "Gnome"
> > session - same story, nothing helped...
> > > > and log into PC
> > > 
> > > You must already be logged in to be able to give commands...
> > > 
> > > > it stops on splashscreen,
> > > 
> > > It's maybe waiting for something?  Is /home mounted?
> > > 
> > home is 100% mounted, and if i am not mistaking, wouldnt it say smth
> > like, "blah blah blah cant access configuration files from home
> > directory, so i am using defaults"?
> > however its not the case
> > > > gnome-session shows mistakes,
> > > 
> > right now it showed smth like: "gnomeui-warning": while connecting
> > manager: authentication rejected, reason : none of the authentication
> > protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
> > SESSION_MANAGER=local/drjoms:/tmp/.ICE-unix/6217
> > > What mistakes?
> > mistakes may warry, but "SESSEION_MANAGER=... BLAH BLAH BLAH" is more or
> > less same, with exception of number(perhaps some sort of process id
> > number? i cant find it using pstree -p|grep $PROCESS_NUMBER)
> > > 
> > > In short: too little info.
> > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> > > 
> > ok, i agree i am inexpirienced, but it looks a bit like an insult to me,
> > cause even though i am nooby and i didnt read rules properly and used
> > plain intuition, i did follow rules, i did try to locate smth on google,
> > i cant ask more experienced friend, cause i live in country where
> > ammount of people using hi speed internet is going down, no need to
> > explain futher, i did try to find an answere on forums, i did try irc(i
> > live in there, in #gentoo and in #linux chnannels) and hell no i would
> > sign for smth up to find an answere if it wouldnt be that bad :(
> > And BTW, i was adviced to ask this question in here, in casewhat - it
> > wasnt my decision, just i am a person who needs a help, if you can help
> > = please do so, critics wont help me much...
> > > Also, please first learn how to use a mailing list: do not answer an 
> > > existing post when starting a new discussion.  Start instead a new 
> > > thread by clicking the mailing list's address.
> > > 
> > thats a good idea, i shall do that, in fact, right now
> > > Benno
> > thank you for answering
> > 
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> -- 
> Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
> 

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