Gnome configuration problem

[Jeff Boyce]

Thanks Gavin.
I only have a single terminal at the server with Xwindows and I am the only 
person in our small office that has the ability/desire to manage the system, 
so I am certain that two concurrent Gnome sessions under one username is not 
the source of the problem.  I was able to successfully logout and stop the 
Xwindow once at the server terminal, then after restarting X later could not 
stop it at the server terminal.  In this case I killed the Gnome and Xwindow 
process through Webmin at my Windows station.

I checked the /etc/gconf directory and the permissions are set at 755.  So 
it appears that I am still looking for other possibilities and suggestions. 
Any additional help from the list is appreciated.
Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin McDonald" <gavitron at gmail.com>
To: "'Jeff Boyce'" <jboyce at meridianenv.com>; "'General Red Hat Linux 
discussion list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: RE: Gnome configuration problem


> I've had similar symptoms when gconf tried to open two concurrent Gnome
> sessions for one username.  Also, similar "broken" gnome sessions arise 
> when
> the permissions on the .gconf directory are incorrectly set.  (ie AND w/
> 700.)
>
> Regards,
> Gavin McDonald
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Jeff Boyce
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:44 AM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Gnome configuration problem
>
> Greetings -
>
> Dell PE 2600, RHEL3, primarily configured as file server with Samba.
> Logging into my server and starting X today resulted in an obvious 
> problem.
> I had a black desktop screen that was blank (several icons are normally on 
> a
>
> blue desktop screen) and I was unable to open a file manager window.  I am
> able to open a terminal window and run my Arkeia tape backup software 
> which
> displays in Xwindows.  It appears I may have messed up my Gnome
> configuration, but am not sure what is wrong, or how to fix it.  The only
> unique actions that occurred on the system the previous day included the
> installation of the NUT (network ups tools) software from source, and the
> subsequent uninstallation of NUT.  I had never installed from source 
> before
> and the installation went fine without errors.  There was not a *make
> uninstall* for the program so I followed some instructions to review the
> *makefile* to see where all the files where installed and delete the
> files/directories manually.  The following directories were removed
> (actually moved to Trash).
>
> /opt/NUT/nut-2.0.1    (contained the unzipped source files)
> /usr/local/ups/man
> /usr/local/ups/share
> /usr/local/ups/bin
> /usr/local/ups/sbin
>
> Up2date is not configured to run in an automated fashion, therefore an
> updated Gnome could not be the source of the problem.  A check of the
> logfiles shows the information listed below, but this information was also
> logged on previous days prior to the problem occurring, so I am not sure
> that it is relevant to the problem.  What diagnostic steps can I take to
> identify the root cause of the problem, and return my desktop to normal?
>
> Apr 6 10:24:08 bison -- root[30000]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1
> Apr 6 10:24:13 bison modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> char-major-10-134
> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): starting (version 2.2.1), pid
> 31746 user 'root'
> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): Resolved address
> "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source
> at position 0
> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): Resolved address
> "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): Resolved address
> "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source 
> at
>
> position 2
>
> Jeff Boyce
> www.meridianenv.com
>
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