Hey again, I'm going to think out loud, and explain what I think might be going on with some of these phenomena. That way you won't have to explain everything to me, or you can correct my misunderstandings.
On 2007-08-02 19:35:51 -0500 James Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > On 2007-08-01 04:50:20 -0500 Quentin Mathé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] >> You shouldn't run ./setup.sh as root, it isn't ready to be used this way.. >> When you run setup.sh as root some environment variables like >> $GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT might be lost and also $GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT would point >> to /root, the outcome is that some elements aren't set up for your daily >> user account (the one you use to log in from GDM). > > What if I source GNUstep.sh in root's bashrc/profile as well? (Which I do.) > The $GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT will be fine, but the preferences won't be set right for 'james.' The preferences will be set right for 'root' however. I don't know what other consequences there might be. [snip] > Also, I (as root) ran 'make uninstall' and ran 'setdown.sh' both as 'root' > and as 'james' with the sudo option (option number 1). I then deleted the > Etoile-0.2 folder, and untarred the etoile-0.2.tar.gz again, ran 'make' as > 'james,' ran 'make install' as root, and then ran setup.sh as 'james' and > chose the sudo option. Choosing etoile.desktop still doesn't work, I have > the same problem as before: nothing starts (well, once in a while I see a few > of those rapidly flashing small sqaure windows which always seem to accompany > the start of the first GNUstep app in a session of X: I get them starting > GNUMail, for example, and remember them when running svn checkouts of the > stable branch not too long ago) and I am left with the same color background > as I had in GDM. This time however, the .xsession-errors is a little > different: > > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp > /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u > /var/run/utmp -x "/var/ > lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "james" > /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.047 etoile_system[25966] Setting up SCSystem server > instance > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.398 etoile_system[25966] Loading 3 user defined AppKit > bundles > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.398 etoile_system[25966] * Unable to load > '/usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Bundles/Cam > aelon.themeEngine' > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.398 etoile_system[25966] * Unable to load > '/usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Bundles/Eto > ileMenus.bundle' > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.399 etoile_system[25966] * Unable to load > '/usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Bundles/Eto > ileBehavior.bundle' > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.417 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 1 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.418 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 2 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.418 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 3 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.419 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 4 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.419 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 5 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.420 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 6 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.420 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 7 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.421 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 8 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.421 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 9 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.422 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 10 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.422 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 11 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.423 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 12 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.423 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 13 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.424 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 14 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.424 etoile_system[25966] Failed to determine offsets for > style 15 > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.499 etoile_system[25966] WARNING: no usable workspace > process set file found. I'm > not going to do workspace process management. > 2007-08-02 19:12:21.499 etoile_system[25966] Launch queue is empty now > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > Before I reinstalled Etoile, the .xsession-errors didn't mention "Loading 3 > user defined AppKit bundles" and thus I didn't get the "Unable to load..." > errors. Those three missing bundles are in /usr/GNUstep/System instead of > Local/. I am not sure why. Also, after the Etoile reinstall, > SystemTaskList.plist is present but still has the root-only permissions > (-rw-------). Some program is now trying to load the 3 user defined AppKit Bundles because the preferences of 'james' got changed when you ran ./setup.sh as 'james' (instead of as 'root'). When you ran setup.sh logged in as root, root's preferences got changed, but not james's. (see my answer to the first question about sourcing GNUstep.sh as root). Ok, those are my thoughts. I still need help with everything else from my previous email. Thanks! James _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
