Re: gnome startup error

[Joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Mclaughlin wrote:

> 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.

Anytime someone tells you that you should
reboot a linux system, that should raise a red
flag IMHO -

It'd be interesting to see what are the perms
on /tmp, just for fun -

What is the output of "ls -l /"?

and ls -l /tmp?

Joe

> 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
> > > >
> > > >        
> > >      
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