Joe, I'm sure Jeremy will come back with the next step and reasons for reboot. Anyhow, the perms in / are all drwxr-xr-x except lost+found and root. I get - No such file or directory for ls -l /tmp. What d'ya think? Bob >-----Original Message----- >From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe >Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 5:41 PM >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: gnome startup error > > >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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>-- >>>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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list >
