From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IehFO-00029V-Lm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:17:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l9816dKX023480; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 01:06:39 GMT Received: from baby.espersunited.com (adsl-70-234-122-254.dsl.tul2ok.sbcglobal.net [70.234.122.254]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9812Ap7018279 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 01:02:10 GMT Received: from camille.espersunited.com ([192.168.1.3]) by baby.espersunited.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Ieh0V-0005IN-0A for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:02:08 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] metacity does not start From: Michael Sullivan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1191801059.7046.12.camel@vega.lnet> References: <1191801059.7046.12.camel@vega.lnet> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:02:02 -0500 Message-Id: <1191805322.10151.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SpamScore: -2.6 (--) X-SpamReport: baby.espersunited.com detected -2.6 spam points 5.0 points required to mark as spam * -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Archives-Salt: b5e23afb-5d4a-4c9e-8919-862342e8fa33 X-Archives-Hash: a0a8bf80878d15e8a1fb0bf2e46d6587 On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 01:50 +0200, Matthias Langer wrote: > i'm wondering if anyone else has this problem, or even better, a > solution for it: > > since i've upgraded to gnome-2.18.x i have to start metacity manually at > least sometimes after logging in. that is, in about 1 of 4 logins, i > don't have a usable desktop till i type "metacity" into some terminal. > > apart from this annoying behavior, gnome seems to be fine. > > here are some parts of my configuration: > " > $ emerge --info > Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, > glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 x86_64) > [...] > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" > CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" > CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" > [...] > USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 > cairo caps cddb cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread > eds emboss encode evo exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gd gdbm gif > gimp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk hal hddtemp iconv icu ipod ipv6 > isdnlog java jpeg jpeg2k lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors mad matroska > midi mikmod mmap mmx mmxext mono mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nls nptl > nptlonly nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl plotutils png pppd > python qt3support quicktime readline reflection ruby sdl session spell > spl sse sse2 ssl ssse3 svg tcpd tetex theora threads tiff truetype > truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb vcd vorbis xattr xml xorg xv xvid > zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty > extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi > null plug rate route share shm softvol" CAMERAS="canon konica ptp2 > kodak" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" > [...] > " > > i'm using: > > x11-wm/metacity-2.18.5 USE="-debug -xinerama" > x11-libs/gtk+-2.10.14 USE="X jpeg tiff -debug -doc -xinerama" > gnome-base/gnome-session-2.18.3 USE="ipv6 tcpd -branding -debug -esd" > gnome-base/gnome-light-2.18.3 > > also note, that the system i'm using has been installed from scratch > just a bit more than a month ago and i'm having this problem ever since. > > thanks, > matthias > I had this problem and solved it by deleting ~/.gnome ~/.gnome2 and ~/.gnome2_private -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list