On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:14:50AM -0500, Chris Thiel wrote: > Andreas writes: > > for the last couple of days I get some very strange behavior when I > > try to log in to Gnome after starting up the computer or restarting X. > > This just hit me this morning. > > > X seems to start alright. However, when I log in on my usual account > > (pc), it just shows the blank screen. I can move the mouse, but > > nothing else happens -- neither my desktop starts nor any apps open > > from a previous session. There is some disk activity for a while, but > > it may well be from background services, not sure about that. > > I get the same behavior. > > > I kill X via ctrl-alt-backspace and log in via gdm as another > > user. Everything works ok. Then, I start another session via > > Applications-> System Tools -> New login. It brings up gdm, I log in > > as pc again and, voil� -- everything runs as expected! > > I tried other users also but none of them worked, even a new user. > > > Do you have any idea what could be wrong there? > > I think it's a problem with hald. I get the following in > .xsession-errors: > > -- > libhal.c 767 : org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply raised > "No reply within specified time" > > > ** (gnome-volume-manager:7712): WARNING **: manager.c/1105: seems that HAL > is not running > -- > > Killing the hald process allows logging in to complete (as far as I > can tell). > > By the way, I use experimental gnome packages.
Which kernel ? Sjoerd -- Philogyny recapitulates erogeny; erogeny recapitulates philogyny. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
