On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/15/2011 06:30 PM, Jim Cromie wrote: >> "somethings gone wrong, ..... contact administator" > > There's only one way to deal with programmers who think that's an > appropriate error message: give their GPS coordinates to OADS > (http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/OADS/anvil_chorus.html). > I dont think Id like complainers ringing my doorbell. > Grovelling through your logs, however, reveals a large number of > warnings about programs that shouldn't be run as root. Were you trying > to log into the GUI as root? It's not exactly the best of ideas, and > Fedora usually disables root logins by default. If so, have you tried > logging in as a non-root user? > -- No, gui login as regular user. reboot was needed to get to text prompt. at that point, logs in /var/log/messages were cluttered with the following runlevel 3 boot. Rather than find the pertinent parts, I just ran startx from the text session. I probably added sudo by habit for system-ish stuff. Heres a rerun of startx > log 2>&1 xauth: file /home/jimc/.serverauth.1967 does not exist X.Org X Server 1.11.2 Release Date: 2011-11-04 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: x86-12 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux groucho.jimc.earth 3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 11 21:47:56 UTC 2011 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.1.1-1.fc16.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/vg_groucho-lv_root ro rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 KEYTABLE=us quiet rd.lvm.lv=vg_groucho/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rhgb rd.lvm.lv=vg_groucho/lv_root rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 3 Build Date: 10 November 2011 07:40:04PM Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.11.2-3.fc16 Current version of pixman: 0.22.2 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Nov 15 20:30:18 2011 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" resize called 3840 1200 gnome-session-is-accelerated: No hardware 3D support. gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256 gnome-session[2052]: WARNING: Session 'gnome' runnable check failed: Exited with code 1 GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-ZXBHJB GNOME_KEYRING_PID=2079 GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-ZXBHJB GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-ZXBHJB GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-ZXBHJB/gpg:0:1 GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-ZXBHJB GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-ZXBHJB/gpg:0:1 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-ZXBHJB/ssh resize called 3840 1461 Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" [1321414234,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting. (gnome-settings-daemon:2072): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2072): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2072): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2072): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2072): color-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to CreateProfile: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2072): color-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to CreateProfile: The connection is closed Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" resize called 3840 1461 Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" (bluetooth-applet:2214): Bluetooth-WARNING **: Could not open RFKILL control device, please verify your installation Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" ** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:2221): DEBUG: Starting automounting manager ** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:2221): DEBUG: Found ConsoleKit session at path /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2 ** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:2221): DEBUG: ScreenSaver name vanished ** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:2221): DEBUG: ConsoleKit session is active 1 Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Initializing tracker-store... Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/jimc/.config/tracker/tracker-store.cfg' ** Message: applet now removed from the notification area Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Initializing tracker-miner-fs... Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/jimc/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cfg' ** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:2221): DEBUG: ScreenSaver name appeared ** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:2221): DEBUG: ScreenSaver proxy ready ** (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:2221): DEBUG: Screensaver GetActive() returned 0 Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Error receiving message: Connection reset by peer (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting. (gnome-settings-daemon:2194): color-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to CreateProfile: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2194): color-plugin-WARNING **: Failed to CreateProfile: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2194): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to create device: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2194): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to create device: The connection is closed (gnome-settings-daemon:2194): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get devices: Failed to GetDevices: The connection is closed gnome-session[2052]: WARNING: App 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' respawning too quickly Failed to play sound: File or data not found Starting gdesklets-daemon... 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Received signal:1->'Hangup'Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. ** (tracker-store:2217): CRITICAL **: DBus AddMatch for dconf path '/org/freedesktop/tracker/fts/': The connection is closed g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Error receiving message: Connection reset by peer (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting. Received signal:15->'Terminated'g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting. Received signal:15->'Terminated' (tracker-miner-fs:2215): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor',sender='org.gtk.Private.AfcVolumeMonitor',': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection was disconnected before a reply was received (tracker-miner-fs:2215): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',arg0='org.gtk.Private.AfcVolumeMonitor'': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection is closed (tracker-miner-fs:2215): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor',sender='org.gtk.Private.GPhoto2VolumeMonitor',': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection is closed (tracker-miner-fs:2215): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',arg0='org.gtk.Private.GPhoto2VolumeMonitor'': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection is closed (tracker-miner-fs:2215): Tracker-CRITICAL **: Couldn't create new Files miner: 'The connection is closed' (tracker-store:2217): Tracker-CRITICAL **: tracker_writeback_shutdown: assertion `private != NULL' failed (tracker-store:2217): Tracker-WARNING **: tracker_events already shutdown OK -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
