[gentoo-user] Can't use gnome!

[gentoo-user] Can't use gnome!

[Michael Sullivan]

I rebooted into Linux a couple of days ago and tried to log into gnome,
and a whole bunch of error messages popped up.  They all said basically
this:

There was an error loading config from /apps/gnome-terminal/global.
(Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you
need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks
due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for
information. (Details -  1: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-michael/lock/ior' not
opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR
file '/tmp/gconfd-michael/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
located: No such file or directory))

I'm typing this from KDE.  I really hate KDE - it's way too flashy, so I'd
like to get back to gnome as soon as possible.  Over the past two days
I've done an emerge -e gnome and rebooted the computer and tried to log in
to gnome, and it still doesn't work.  The file
'/tmp/gconfd-michael/lock/ior' is simply not being created.  I did a ps ax
| grep gconf and it returned nothing except the ps request.  Here's my
emerge --info:

camille ~ # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.3.19 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4,
2.6.23-gentoo-r3 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:30:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17-r1
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.3
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r6
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.23-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
/etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/
/etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo
/etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict
unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo"
LINGUAS="en fr es"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage-packages/camille"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--human-readable"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
--compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
--timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages
--filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 alsa apache2 apm arts asterisk audiofile avi bash-completion
berkdb bind-mysql bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 candy cdr cgi cli
cracklib crypt ctype cups dba dbus divx4linux doc dri dvb dvd dvdr dvdread
eds emboss encode evo examples expat f77 ffmpeg flash foomaticdb fortran
ftp gdbm gentoo gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal
iconv imap imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads ivtv jack jack-tempfs java jikes
joystick jpeg kde kerberos lib libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad midi
mikmod mmx mmx2 mmxext mode-owner motif mp3 mpeg mplayer mpm-leader
mudflap mysql mythtv nas nautilus ncurses new-login nls nntp nsplugin
offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php png
portaudio ppds pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real reflection
ruby samba sasl sdl seamonkey session slp snmp spell spl sql ssl svga
syslog tcl tcltk tcpd test threads tidy truetype truetype-fonts
type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vanilla vorbis win32codecs
x86 xml xml2 xorg xv zaptel zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel"
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" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic
auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file
authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user
autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires
ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info
log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp
proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status
unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad
cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text"
LINGUAS="en fr es" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix
dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128
radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga
trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG,
LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS

camille ~ # emerge -pv gconf gnome

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/gconf-2.20.1  USE="doc -debug" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.1  USE="cdr cups dvdr -accessibility
-esd -ldap -mono" 0 kB

Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB

Please help!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't use gnome! [SOLVED]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 20:04 +0100, b.n. wrote:
> Michael Sullivan ha scritto:
> > I rebooted into Linux a couple of days ago and tried to log into gnome,
> > and a whole bunch of error messages popped up.  They all said basically
> > this:
> > 
> > There was an error loading config from /apps/gnome-terminal/global.
> > (Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you
> > need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks
> > due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for
> > information. (Details -  1: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-michael/lock/ior' not
> > opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR
> > file '/tmp/gconfd-michael/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
> > located: No such file or directory))
> 
> I'm a KDE user, so take my advice with a grain of salt. But I googled a
> bit, and you're not alone (even if your error is obscure). Unfortunately
> I failed to find a clear cut solution.
> 
> However, you may try to start gnome with another user, or erase (move)
> your .gnome .gconf etc. and retry. It seems something in your
> configuration files is weird.
> 
> m.

I fixed it.  Somehow some permissions on some directories on /tmp got
changed.  I changed them back, and it seems to be back to normal now...

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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't use gnome!

[b.n.]

Michael Sullivan ha scritto:
> I rebooted into Linux a couple of days ago and tried to log into gnome,
> and a whole bunch of error messages popped up.  They all said basically
> this:
> 
> There was an error loading config from /apps/gnome-terminal/global.
> (Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you
> need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks
> due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for
> information. (Details -  1: IOR file '/tmp/gconfd-michael/lock/ior' not
> opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR
> file '/tmp/gconfd-michael/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd
> located: No such file or directory))

I'm a KDE user, so take my advice with a grain of salt. But I googled a
bit, and you're not alone (even if your error is obscure). Unfortunately
I failed to find a clear cut solution.

However, you may try to start gnome with another user, or erase (move)
your .gnome .gconf etc. and retry. It seems something in your
configuration files is weird.

m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't use gnome! [SOLVED]

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Freitag, 25. Januar 2008, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 20:04 +0100, b.n. wrote:

>
> I fixed it.  Somehow some permissions on some directories on /tmp got
> changed.  I changed them back, and it seems to be back to normal now...

which will only help you until the next reboot since the latest baselayout 
nukes everything in /tmp on boot.

Maybe /tmp itself has not the right permissions?

ls -lh / would be nice.
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[gentoo-user] Postfix problem

[Mateusz Mierzwinski]

Hello,

I have problem with postfix. I just want to send email to other mail 
server from my new postfix/courier server. Every time I write address 
different then local server (postfix) returns info "5.7.1 (some 
address): Relay access denied". What should I do? I don't know is it 
forwarding or relaying. What is wrong?

Greet's,
Mateusz Mierzwinski
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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix problem

[James Homuth]

At 06:58 AM 29/01/2008, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have problem with postfix. I just want to send email to other mail 
>server from my new postfix/courier server. Every time I write 
>address different then local server (postfix) returns info "5.7.1 
>(some address): Relay access denied". What should I do? I don't know 
>is it forwarding or relaying. What is wrong?
Sounds like there's a problem in the way you have postfix configured. 
Namely, you didn't configure $mydomain, $mydestination, and 
$mynetworks. Either that, or one or all of them are misconfigured. 
http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix problem

[Håkon Alstadheim]

James Homuth wrote:
> At 06:58 AM 29/01/2008, you wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have problem with postfix. I just want to send email to other mail 
>> server from my new postfix/courier server. Every time I write address 
>> different then local server (postfix) returns info "5.7.1 (some 
>> address): Relay access denied". What should I do? I don't know is it 
>> forwarding or relaying. What is wrong?
> Sounds like there's a problem in the way you have postfix configured. 
> Namely, you didn't configure $mydomain, $mydestination, and 
> $mynetworks. Either that, or one or all of them are misconfigured. 
> http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html
... and once those are ok, you need to have a "permit_mynetworks" BEFORE 
the "reject_unauth_destination" (you definitely want that last one in 
there).

The "postconf" command is a good way to get the actual values that are 
in effect. Run "postconf | less" and search for reject_unauth_destination.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix problem

[Dan Farrell]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:58:32 +0100
Mateusz Mierzwinski <mateuszmierzwinski@o2.pl> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have problem with postfix. I just want to send email to other mail 
> server from my new postfix/courier server. 

Could you elaborate on your configuration?  Are you...
 - relaying mail to a specific domain (or group of domains)?
 - forwarding all mail the box receives to another computer 
	(a bad idea) ? 
 - sending local mail as an MX Host / Mail Hub for a local network?
 - something else?

> Every time I write address 
> different then local server (postfix) returns info "5.7.1 (some 
> address): Relay access denied". What should I do? I don't know is it 
> forwarding or relaying. What is wrong?

It sounds like a fixable problem, but I'm not sure what you're trying
to achieve.  Want to post your main.cf?  

> Greet's,
> Mateusz Mierzwinski

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