Jeremy, I did all that and checked the /root and /home/bob directories. The dot files you listed are gone. Rebooted and am back at level 3 logged in as bob. Did startx and got the following messages: Fatal server error: could not create lock file in /tmp/.tx0-lock. ... some reporting problem directions... then giving up. xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. I could use more help. TIA. Learning is fun. Bob >-----Original Message----- >From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of >Jeremy West >Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 4:04 PM >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: gnome startup error > > >Congrates on your future success with Redhat. >Here's my explaination >and list of commands. "dot" files in your home >directories contain >settings relevant to a certain program. (i.e., >.mozilla, .gnome, >.chromium, .gimp) After upgrading your system, >several of those "dot" >files are now confusing the newer version of the >program. I hope this >makes sense. Here are the steps I would take to >clean this up. (you >will lose settings) > >Bring up a command line as normal user(always >better to log in as normal >user, and "su -" to root) >---type--- >$su - >(enter ># rm -rf /tmp ># rm -rf ~/.gconf* ~/.gnome* ~/.gtk* >(the ~ is a shortcut for your home directory, in >this case /root) >Do this last command in the home directory of your >"normal" user >account. ># cd /home/$user ># rm -rf ."same as above" > >**reboot**(this is important) > >I hope this helps a little. There are probably >other ways of solving >your problem. Some people might object to >removing their "dot" files, >but I see nothing wrong with it. Ideally, this >shouldn't have happened. >I have found that it's safer never to upgrade. I >always reformat. Too >many things can go wrong with an upgrade. I like >a fresh install. I >try to keep a separate partition which I keep my >files on, so that the >system partition can be reformatted without losing >data. Let me know if >you need any more help. > >Jeremy West >Office of Information Technology >Communications Assistant > > >-----Original Message----- >From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Bob Mclaughlin >Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:36 PM >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: gnome startup error > >Thanks for the reply Jeremy. I haven't done any corrective >action yet. I need some expert tutelage before playing on >the command line. This is a straight upgrade from RH8 to >RH9 without any addons or tweaking. I have done all the RH >up2dates. Could you give me the commands to delete the >.gconfd file and do I just do a reinstall of Gnome from the >CD? Just assume I'm Sgt Schultz and "I know nothing". TIA >Bob > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of >>Jeremy West >>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:58 PM >>To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: RE: gnome startup error >> >> >>Have you deleted your ~/.gconfd file, and >>reinstalled gconf? Is this a >>vanilla install, and if not, then what addon's or >>tweaking have you >>done? >> >>Jeremy West >>Office of Information Technology >>Communications Assistant >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] >>On Behalf Of Bob Mclaughlin >>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 1:49 PM >>To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: FW: gnome startup error >> >> >>I sent this message a couple of times over the weekend and >>got no response. Any help available today? >>> >>>When I give the startx command, Gnome comes up >>>partly with gibberish and hangs. Ctrl-Alt F1 >>>gives me a message that says: (nautilus:1439): >>>Eel-WARNING **: GConf error: Failed to contact >>>configuration server; some possible causes are >>>that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for >>>ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system >>>crash. See http://gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for >>>information. (Details - 1: IOR file >>>'home/bob/.gconfd/lock/ior' not opened >>>successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or >>directory. >>> >>>The gnome.org site doesn't seem to address >>>corrective actions for this. I may not know what >>>they mean by NFS. I'm running Ext3 file system. >>>Can anyone offer some guidance? >>> >>>Bob McLaughlin >>> >> >> > > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >
