RE: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes[solved? you let me know]

2007-09-13 Thread Marzan, Richard non Unisys 
Surprisingly, it did not destroy my settings. The background and
everything was still there.

-Original Message-
From: Moshe Kamensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:02 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes[solved? you let me know]

Hi,

Thanks for the help. The problem for me with this approach is that it 
happens on a machine that I manage for my father on different continent.

I am afraid that if I do this all the settings for the desktop will 
disappear, he will not know how to set this up, and I also won't know 
since I don't understand the gnome configuration files. I will do it as 
a last resort, but I would rather understand what happens, and fix it.

Thanks,
Moshe

* Marzan, Richard non Unisys [EMAIL PROTECTED] [12/09/07
12:03]:
 Hello,
 
 
   I came across the same problem. I believe it happened during an
 upgrade or update of either gnome/gtk or libexpat. I know that the
 execution of metacity and such settings are set in the .gnome* files.
So
 as a last resort without any help I just figured; why not just delete
 the .gnome* directories with `rm -rf .gnome2 .gnome .gnome2_private`
and
 then restart X. I was shocked to have seen it work afterwards. I know
 for a fact that certain programs regenerate their config dirs if they
 don't exist and I believe that that is what happened. 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Moshe Kamensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:20 AM
 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes
 
 Hi,
 
 I don't have a solution, just to mention that I have the same problem 
 (with gnome-2.18.2-r1). I guess the starting point would be: Where
goes 
 the output (and error) of whatever script starts the gnome session?
and 
 where in the config files does it say that metacity should start?
 
 Thanks,
 Moshe
 
 * Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11/09/07 21:27]:
  Every time I boot into Linux and log into GNOME I have to start
 metacity
  manually by su'ing in a terminal and issuing a
  
  # metacity  /dev/null 
  
  before I can get title bars and such that goes with it.  My wife's
  computer does the same thing.  Here's the info on my PC:
  
  camille ~ # emerge --info
  Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.2,
glibc-2.5-r4,
  2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686)
  =
  System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz
  Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
  Timestamp of tree: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:30:01 +
  distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port
 3632)
  [disabled]
  app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17
  dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
  dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4
  dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
  sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
  sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17
  sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
  sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3,
1.9.6-r2,
  1.10
  sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
  sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
  sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
  virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
  ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86
  CBUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu
  CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
  CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
  CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
 /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind
  CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
 /etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/
 /etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/
 /etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/
 /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c
  CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
  DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
  FEATURES=distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict
  GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo;
  LINGUAS=en fr es
  MAKEOPTS=-j2
  PKGDIR=/usr/portage-packages/camille
  PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS=--human-readable
  PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
  --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
  --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local
 --exclude=/packages
  --filter=H_**/files/digest-*
  PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp
  PORTDIR=/usr/portage
  PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage
  SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
  USE=X alsa apache2 apm arts asterisk audiofile avi bash-completion
  berkdb bind-mysql bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 candy cdr cgi cli
  cracklib crypt ctype cups dba dbus divx4linux doc dri dvb dvd dvdr
  dvdread eds emboss encode examples expat f77 ffmpeg flash foomaticdb
  fortran ftp gdbm gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile
 hal
  iconv imap imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads ivtv jack jack-tempfs java
 jikes
  joystick jpeg kde kerberos lib libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad midi
  mikmod mmx mmx2 mmxext mode-owner motif mp3 mpeg mpm-leader mudflap
  mysql mythtv nas nautilus ncurses new-login

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes[solved? you let me know]

2007-09-13 Thread Michael Sullivan 
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 16:02 -0400, Moshe Kamensky wrote:
 Hi,
 
 Thanks for the help. The problem for me with this approach is that it 
 happens on a machine that I manage for my father on different continent.  
 I am afraid that if I do this all the settings for the desktop will 
 disappear, he will not know how to set this up, and I also won't know 
 since I don't understand the gnome configuration files. I will do it as 
 a last resort, but I would rather understand what happens, and fix it.
 
 Thanks,
 Moshe
 

I've done it on two of our PCs here.  The only side effects I've seen
are that a few of the gnome-panel applets disappear and I had a couple
of icons in a drawer on the panel go away, but that's it...
 * Marzan, Richard non Unisys [EMAIL PROTECTED] [12/09/07 12:03]:
  Hello,
  
  
  I came across the same problem. I believe it happened during an
  upgrade or update of either gnome/gtk or libexpat. I know that the
  execution of metacity and such settings are set in the .gnome* files. So
  as a last resort without any help I just figured; why not just delete
  the .gnome* directories with `rm -rf .gnome2 .gnome .gnome2_private` and
  then restart X. I was shocked to have seen it work afterwards. I know
  for a fact that certain programs regenerate their config dirs if they
  don't exist and I believe that that is what happened. 
  
  -Original Message-
  From: Moshe Kamensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:20 AM
  To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
  Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes
  
  Hi,
  
  I don't have a solution, just to mention that I have the same problem 
  (with gnome-2.18.2-r1). I guess the starting point would be: Where goes 
  the output (and error) of whatever script starts the gnome session? and 
  where in the config files does it say that metacity should start?
  
  Thanks,
  Moshe
  
  * Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11/09/07 21:27]:
   Every time I boot into Linux and log into GNOME I have to start
  metacity
   manually by su'ing in a terminal and issuing a
   
   # metacity  /dev/null 
   
   before I can get title bars and such that goes with it.  My wife's
   computer does the same thing.  Here's the info on my PC:
   
   camille ~ # emerge --info
   Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4,
   2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686)
   =
   System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz
   Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
   Timestamp of tree: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:30:01 +
   distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port
  3632)
   [disabled]
   app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17
   dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
   dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4
   dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
   sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
   sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17
   sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
   sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2,
   1.10
   sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
   sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
   sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
   virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
   ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86
   CBUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu
   CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
   CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
   CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
  /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind
   CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
  /etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/
  /etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/
  /etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/
  /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c
   CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
   DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
   FEATURES=distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict
   GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo;
   LINGUAS=en fr es
   MAKEOPTS=-j2
   PKGDIR=/usr/portage-packages/camille
   PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS=--human-readable
   PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
   --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
   --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local
  --exclude=/packages
   --filter=H_**/files/digest-*
   PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp
   PORTDIR=/usr/portage
   PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage
   SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
   USE=X alsa apache2 apm arts asterisk audiofile avi bash-completion
   berkdb bind-mysql bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 candy cdr cgi cli
   cracklib crypt ctype cups dba dbus divx4linux doc dri dvb dvd dvdr
   dvdread eds emboss encode examples expat f77 ffmpeg flash foomaticdb
   fortran ftp gdbm gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile
  hal
   iconv imap imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads ivtv jack jack-tempfs java
  jikes
   joystick jpeg kde kerberos lib libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad midi
   mikmod mmx mmx2 mmxext mode-owner motif mp3 mpeg mpm

[gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes

2007-09-12 Thread Moshe Kamensky 
Hi,

I don't have a solution, just to mention that I have the same problem 
(with gnome-2.18.2-r1). I guess the starting point would be: Where goes 
the output (and error) of whatever script starts the gnome session? and 
where in the config files does it say that metacity should start?

Thanks,
Moshe

* Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11/09/07 21:27]:
 Every time I boot into Linux and log into GNOME I have to start metacity
 manually by su'ing in a terminal and issuing a
 
 # metacity  /dev/null 
 
 before I can get title bars and such that goes with it.  My wife's
 computer does the same thing.  Here's the info on my PC:
 
 camille ~ # emerge --info
 Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4,
 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686)
 =
 System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz
 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:30:01 +
 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632)
 [disabled]
 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17
 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4
 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
 sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17
 sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
 sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2,
 1.10
 sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
 sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
 virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86
 CBUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
 CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config 
 /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind
 CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf 
 /etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ 
 /etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ 
 /etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ 
 /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c
 CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
 DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
 FEATURES=distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict
 GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo;
 LINGUAS=en fr es
 MAKEOPTS=-j2
 PKGDIR=/usr/portage-packages/camille
 PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS=--human-readable
 PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
 --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
 --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages
 --filter=H_**/files/digest-*
 PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp
 PORTDIR=/usr/portage
 PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage
 SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
 USE=X alsa apache2 apm arts asterisk audiofile avi bash-completion
 berkdb bind-mysql bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 candy cdr cgi cli
 cracklib crypt ctype cups dba dbus divx4linux doc dri dvb dvd dvdr
 dvdread eds emboss encode examples expat f77 ffmpeg flash foomaticdb
 fortran ftp gdbm gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal
 iconv imap imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads ivtv jack jack-tempfs java jikes
 joystick jpeg kde kerberos lib libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad midi
 mikmod mmx mmx2 mmxext mode-owner motif mp3 mpeg mpm-leader mudflap
 mysql mythtv nas nautilus ncurses new-login nls nntp nsplugin offensive
 ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php png portaudio ppds
 pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real reflection ruby samba
 sasl sdl seamonkey session slp snmp spell spl sql ssl svga syslog tcl
 tcltk tcpd threads tidy truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb
 userlocales v4l v4l2 vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xml2 xorg xv zaptel
 zlib ALSA_CARDS=hda-intel ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS=adpcm alaw asym copy dmix
 dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat
 linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol
 ELIBC=glibc INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev KERNEL=linux
 LCD_DEVICES=bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb
 ncurses text LINGUAS=en fr es USERLAND=GNU VIDEO_CARDS=apm ark
 chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga
 neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion
 sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo
 Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL,
 LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
 
 camille ~ # emerge -pv metacity gnome
 
 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
 
 Calculating dependencies... done!
 [ebuild   R   ] x11-wm/metacity-2.18.5  USE=-debug -xinerama 0 kB 
 [ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/gnome-2.18.2-r1  USE=cdr cups dvdr
 -accessibility -ldap -mono 0 kB 
 
 Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB
 
 The same thing happens on my wife's PC.  Here's the info for her
 computer:
 
 catherine ~ # emerge --info
 Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2,
 glibc-2.5-r4,

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes

2007-09-12 Thread Marzan, Richard non Unisys 
Solved it. Just delete your local .gnome .gnome2 .gnome_private files in
your home dir. 

-Original Message-
From: Moshe Kamensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:20 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes

Hi,

I don't have a solution, just to mention that I have the same problem 
(with gnome-2.18.2-r1). I guess the starting point would be: Where goes 
the output (and error) of whatever script starts the gnome session? and 
where in the config files does it say that metacity should start?

Thanks,
Moshe

* Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11/09/07 21:27]:
 Every time I boot into Linux and log into GNOME I have to start
metacity
 manually by su'ing in a terminal and issuing a
 
 # metacity  /dev/null 
 
 before I can get title bars and such that goes with it.  My wife's
 computer does the same thing.  Here's the info on my PC:
 
 camille ~ # emerge --info
 Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4,
 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686)
 =
 System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz
 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:30:01 +
 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port
3632)
 [disabled]
 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17
 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4
 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
 sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17
 sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
 sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2,
 1.10
 sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
 sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
 virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86
 CBUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
 CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind
 CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
/etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/
/etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/
/etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/
/etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c
 CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
 DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
 FEATURES=distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict
 GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo;
 LINGUAS=en fr es
 MAKEOPTS=-j2
 PKGDIR=/usr/portage-packages/camille
 PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS=--human-readable
 PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
 --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
 --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local
--exclude=/packages
 --filter=H_**/files/digest-*
 PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp
 PORTDIR=/usr/portage
 PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage
 SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
 USE=X alsa apache2 apm arts asterisk audiofile avi bash-completion
 berkdb bind-mysql bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 candy cdr cgi cli
 cracklib crypt ctype cups dba dbus divx4linux doc dri dvb dvd dvdr
 dvdread eds emboss encode examples expat f77 ffmpeg flash foomaticdb
 fortran ftp gdbm gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile
hal
 iconv imap imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads ivtv jack jack-tempfs java
jikes
 joystick jpeg kde kerberos lib libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad midi
 mikmod mmx mmx2 mmxext mode-owner motif mp3 mpeg mpm-leader mudflap
 mysql mythtv nas nautilus ncurses new-login nls nntp nsplugin
offensive
 ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php png portaudio
ppds
 pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real reflection ruby samba
 sasl sdl seamonkey session slp snmp spell spl sql ssl svga syslog tcl
 tcltk tcpd threads tidy truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode
usb
 userlocales v4l v4l2 vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xml2 xorg xv zaptel
 zlib ALSA_CARDS=hda-intel ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS=adpcm alaw asym copy
dmix
 dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat
 linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol
 ELIBC=glibc INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev KERNEL=linux
 LCD_DEVICES=bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb
 ncurses text LINGUAS=en fr es USERLAND=GNU VIDEO_CARDS=apm ark
 chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga
 neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion
 sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo
 Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL,
 LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
 
 camille ~ # emerge -pv metacity gnome
 
 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
 
 Calculating dependencies... done!
 [ebuild   R   ] x11-wm/metacity-2.18.5  USE=-debug -xinerama 0 kB 
 [ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/gnome-2.18.2-r1  USE=cdr cups dvdr
 -accessibility -ldap

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes[solved? you let me know]

2007-09-12 Thread Marzan, Richard non Unisys 
Hello,


I came across the same problem. I believe it happened during an
upgrade or update of either gnome/gtk or libexpat. I know that the
execution of metacity and such settings are set in the .gnome* files. So
as a last resort without any help I just figured; why not just delete
the .gnome* directories with `rm -rf .gnome2 .gnome .gnome2_private` and
then restart X. I was shocked to have seen it work afterwards. I know
for a fact that certain programs regenerate their config dirs if they
don't exist and I believe that that is what happened. 

-Original Message-
From: Moshe Kamensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:20 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes

Hi,

I don't have a solution, just to mention that I have the same problem 
(with gnome-2.18.2-r1). I guess the starting point would be: Where goes 
the output (and error) of whatever script starts the gnome session? and 
where in the config files does it say that metacity should start?

Thanks,
Moshe

* Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11/09/07 21:27]:
 Every time I boot into Linux and log into GNOME I have to start
metacity
 manually by su'ing in a terminal and issuing a
 
 # metacity  /dev/null 
 
 before I can get title bars and such that goes with it.  My wife's
 computer does the same thing.  Here's the info on my PC:
 
 camille ~ # emerge --info
 Portage 2.1.2.12 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4,
 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686)
 =
 System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz
 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:30:01 +
 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port
3632)
 [disabled]
 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17
 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4
 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
 sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17
 sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
 sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2,
 1.10
 sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
 sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
 virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86
 CBUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
 CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
 CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind
 CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
/etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/
/etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/
/etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/
/etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c
 CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer
 DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
 FEATURES=distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict
 GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo;
 LINGUAS=en fr es
 MAKEOPTS=-j2
 PKGDIR=/usr/portage-packages/camille
 PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS=--human-readable
 PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
 --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
 --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local
--exclude=/packages
 --filter=H_**/files/digest-*
 PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp
 PORTDIR=/usr/portage
 PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage
 SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
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jikes
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offensive
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ppds
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 sasl sdl seamonkey session slp snmp spell spl sql ssl svga syslog tcl
 tcltk tcpd threads tidy truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode
usb
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 zlib ALSA_CARDS=hda-intel ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS=adpcm alaw asym copy
dmix
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