Once you've logged in to Gnome try switching to a TTY and as root run "killall compiz". From the gray screen with compiz effects activated it sounds like a driver issue when loading compiz that turns the entire screen that color. On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Manolo <manolo.k@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, the last month when I was trying to update with pacman > -Syu, this error message showed up: > usr/sbin/gconfpkg: line 18: 21838 Violaci�n de segmento > GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`/usr/bin/gconftool-2 --get-default-source` > /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule > /usr/share/gconf/schemas/${pkgname}.schemas > /dev/null > When I rebooted, I couldn't enter into Gnome again. The only thing I > could see was a gray screen, but with the compiz effects activated > (cube). I tried to downgrade and to force the installation of the > package gnome, xorg-server and so on, but nothing happened. > Now, I'm usin LXDE (a nice DE, by the way), but the update of gnome > package keeps failing. > Anyone with this trouble, any ideas about solving this issue? > Thanks, > Manolo. >