gnome/sawfish doesn't start

nurey · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 3:15 pm Post subject: gnome/sawfish doesn't start

Having problem starting gnome with sawfish. /etc/rc.conf contains GDM as the displaymanager and "Sawfish" as the XSESSION.

I start gdm using "/etc/init.d/xdm"... the login prompt comes up... I enter username and password, press enter. A few screen flashes later, the login prompt comes back. There are no errors in /var/log/XFree86.0.log

I'm using NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS with the "nvidia" kernel package and glx.

timseal · n00b Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 40 Location: Philadelphia

Can you log in as root? If so, you might fix your problem by setting the sticky bit on your /tmp directory - it's in the FAQ.

nurey · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 5:08 pm Post subject:

i'm logging in as root and running /etc/init.d/xdm manually.

gdm login screen comes up. I login as a regular user. I now get a blue screen (wallpaper) and nothing happens. I can move the mouse.

/tmp already has sticky bit, but just in case; i ran `chmod 1777 /tmp`

nurey · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 6:01 pm Post subject:

I am able to run startx as root and I get gnome with sawfish.

tod · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 6:34 pm Post subject:

Hi!

Two things to look into

1. a pam issue, check the gdm entry under /etc/pam.d/ and make sure it is up to date with the latest from gnome-base/gdm/files/gdm-2.2.5/

2. make sure that the gconf files and subdirectories under /etc are readable by your user

hth

tod

nurey · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 7:02 pm Post subject:

Tod,

1. i did a diff between /usr/portage/gnome-base/gdm/files/2.2.5/pam.d/gdm and /etc/pam.d/gdm => no difference.

2. all are readable.

tod · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 7:12 pm Post subject:

Hi!

Ok, two more things

1. Ctrl-Alt-F1 after trying to login as user and see if there are any useful error messages on that console.

2. Might be a .gnome-errors (or something to that effect, my memory is failing me ) file in your home directory that you can check also

hth

tod

tod · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 7:14 pm Post subject:

nurey · Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 8:17 pm Post subject:

didn't see any useful error messages.

I just found out I can also run "startx" as a regular user. This gives me gnome and sawfish.

Still can't login via gdm.

Mallrats · Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 2:41 am Post subject:

How do I correctly add Sawfish to gdms list of sessions?