On 8/14/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/13/07, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I updated to the new gnome. After battling the expat problem, I was > > able to get a clean emerge and an empty revdep-rebuild (with Bo's > > help). > > > > But gnome is broken on this system (others have reported similar > > problems). > > > > In my case basically all gnome apps, e.g. panel, gnucash, evolution, > > gnome-terminal, evince fail when a normal user logs in. > > > > With a root login, gnome-terminal fails, but panel, gnucash, evolution > > seem to work (didn't try evince as root). > > > > For a normal user gnome login, I use either a shell in emacs or go to > > a virtual terminal and start an xterm. In any case when I try to > > start a gnome app (e.g. gnucash), no output is produced, no window > > appears, but the app shows up in ps x. > > > > I would be very appreciative for any help. > > > > thanks in advance, > > allan gottlieb > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > I am experiencing similar issues to Allan, and I thought it may have > something to do with user settings. So, starting from a clean slate, > I created a new user and tried to log in, first with gdm and then from > the console with startx. Both times with the same result. It seems > to make the problem worse. I don't quite know how that could be. I > then went back to my old user and started deleting all of the .folders > one by one and trying to log in. Folders relevant to the problem > seemed to be .gnome2 and .metacity. > > Perhaps it's a problem with metacity? > > Either way, I'm by no means a guru, but I'll try to help as much as possible. > > -- > Dan Cowsill > http://www.danthehat.net >
An interesting development: I removed my user from the system and deleted his home folder. After that, I made the user again and tried logging in. I got a whole bunch of configuration errors... But I don't understand how this could be. I created ANOTHER user with a different name and logged in... perfectly. Everything seems to work with this user, and nothing seems to work with my user. Are user-based settings stored in some other place? -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
