----- Original Message ---- From: Clifford Snow <clifford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:39:12 PM Subject: Re: Gnome desktop does nothing no icons On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:13 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:21:16 PM > Subject: Re: Gnome desktop does nothing no icons > > > --- Cameron Meadors <cmeadors@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have seen something similar. Are esd and sound > > event enabled? > > There is a problem with esd/alsa blocking apps from > > starting. This > > includes gnome-session because it plays the login > > sound. Try killing > > esd and see if you can start new apps. > > How do I kill esd/alsa? > > This is the same laptop for which there is no sound. > I have trashed the ~/.gnome ~/.gnome2, ~/.gconf > ~/.gconfd/ and ~/.gnome2_private/ directories in the > hope that I'll get back gnome, but I have not been > successful. I created two accounts and have logged in > to gnome and as root user copied the .gnome* > directories unto the original account to no avail. > For the meantime, KDE is working awesome, I just need > to yum install klaptop to see how much battery time I > have left. Have you deleted the user files in /tmp ? I find that I have to sometimes delete them twice before gnome loads successfully. No I did not delete the files in /tmp. Apparently GNOME is back. I do not know what did the trick. Will confirm tomorrow as I boot the machine again. I need to work now on sound. Regards, Antonio -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
