On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:35:02 -0800 > From: John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Now I've done it > > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:16:23 -0700 (MST) > Carlos Konstanski <[email protected]> dijo: > >> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> >>> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:52:20 -0800 >>> From: John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Now I've done it >>> >>> Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still not functional, but I did things >>> and stuff happened. >>> >>> First, still booted into the Karmic live CD I created an ~/.xinitrc >>> file (none existed before) and put "exec gnome-session" in it. Then I >>> rebooted to the regular boot option in Grub. Result: No change; that >>> is, mouse and keyboard worked, but no window manager and no gnome-panel. >>> >>> Next I booted to Recovery Mode and logged in as root. I installed >>> xfce4, then edited jjj's .xinitrc file by changing the line to "exec >>> xfce4-session." Then I switched user to jjj and did cd to my home >>> folder. And then I did startx. Result: When X came up I had panels and >>> a desktop, but no mouse or keyboard. There was a popup message "failed >>> to initialize HAL." >>> >>> For my third exercise I shut down (had to use the power button) then >>> restarted to the regular session. After logging in as jjj I got the >>> same blank Gnome desktop without a panel or window manager. >>> >>> Not sure what this means. >> >> What does your HAL policy file for keyboard and mouse look like? >> >> /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-X11-input.fdi: > > No such file. I do have a /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi file, but > it looks like a template with nothing real in it. > >> Although since the keyboard and mouse work some of the time, I don't >> think your HAL policy is at fault. >> >> The description of your latest steps (above) does not mention removing >> the xorg.conf file. Have you tried that? > > I don't have an xorg.conf file. > >> I agree that Xorg.0.log is a great place to look. It's too big to post >> here, but you could either post it on one of those tinyurl sites, or >> email it to me and I'll put it up on my web server. It's a great log >> file because it reports everything that happens when X starts, not >> just those things that are "errors". > > I read through the log file, but it appeared to be just a bunch of > stuff related to setting up X for my nVidia chip. There was nothing in > it that appeared obviously wrong. > > I think Rogan is on the right track. But figuring out the details and > how to fix it is beyond my job description. :( > > At least I am back in my testing installation and I can work on things > properly. :)
It's cool, we have established that gnome, not X or HAL, is your problem. I'd be inclined to say that you should stick with xfce4 and call it a done deal, but I don't want to box you in. Linux is all about choices. Sorry I can't help with gnome. I use xfce4 when I need a full-on window manager, and stumpwm 99.99% of the time. Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
