Ryan: The error messages about "This process is currently running setuid/setgid" seems to indicate that the login process (perhaps in the GDM PreSession script) should be looked into. We shouldn't be trying to run any setuid/setgid GTK+ programs in general. If you can help identify what program is generating this error, then we could look into fixing this.
However, I suspect the problem with session not starting up properly is that D-Bus isn't being started properly on your system. I notice the error "Cannot locate dbus-daemon" in your log files. Do you have dbus-daemon installed on your machine? Normally on Solaris it is installed to /usr/lib. Note that on Solaris, we patch gnome-session so it finds the dbus-daemon in /usr/lib. If you rebuilt D-Bus or gnome-session by hand, you need to make sure that you apply the same patches we use, or you may have broken things. As a workaround, it might fix things for you if you edit /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop so it runs the following command instead of just calling "gnome-session". dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session Another workaround might be to make a symlink from /usr/lib/dbus-daemon to /usr/bin/dbus-daemon. Brian >>> The ticket suggested booting to the login screen and waiting some time >>> before logging in. I waited hours (went out) then logged in. Same gray >>> screen. There is absolutely nothing on the screen except a mouse >>> pointer. >>> No gnome panels, icons or anything. I don't think gnome panel is even >>> running but I can't check because I don't know how to drop to a command >>> prompt from here. In Linux I could press CTRL-ALT-F1 or something >>> like that >>> to switch to console. >>> >>> I have had times where I log in, gnome starts and I can see each item it >>> adds to the panel takes a good 30 seconds or so, while CPU is under >>> heavy >>> use. I think this is different. >>> >> >> You might want to check ~/.xsession-errors or the dmesg command output. >> > I have uninstalled all compiz packages and rebooted. I still get a > completely blank screen and mouse pointer whenever logging in. I have > captured the .xsession-errors file and am about to re-install the OS. > There are some interesting errors in both files. > > > Thanks, > Ryan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This body part will be downloaded on demand.
