Hi. If I try to log in using gdm as a non-root user, it logs me in, but does not even run gnome-session. If I run that by hand, it runs some things, but if I want to change some settings I am informed that the gnome-settings-daemon cannot start a new dbus session. Both dbus and hald are started and working if I log in as root.
Here is my emerge --info >>> [1m[37mcfg-update-1.8.0-r6[0m[0m: No new packages have been emerged, >>> checksum index OK! Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:00:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant-core" ARCH="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" BASH_ENV="/root/.bashrc" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLASSPATH="." CLEAN_DELAY="5" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/php/apache1-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EDITOR="/usr/bin/emacs" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ask --color=n --verbose" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENERATION="2" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo http://distfiles.gentoo.org" G_BROKEN_FILENAMES="1" G_FILENAME_ENCODING="UTF-8" HOME="/root" HUSHLOGIN="FALSE" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.16.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/info:/usr/share/info/emacs-21" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" JAVAC="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac" JAVA_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" JDK_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LESS="-R --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" LOGNAME="root" LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.flac=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.aac=00;36:*.ra=01;36:*.mka=01;36:" MAIL="/var/mail/root" MAKEOPTS="-j2" MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.16.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/:/usr/lib/php4/man/" NOCOLOR="true" OPENGL_PROFILE="nvidia" PAGER="/usr/bin/less" PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1:/root/bin" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc s390 amd64 x86 ppc64 x86-fbsd m68k arm sparc sh mips ia64 alpha ppc-macos hppa sparc-fbsd" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib/portage/bin" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_DEBUG="0" PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="covici /usr/sbin/sendmail" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save mail_summary" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_INST_GID="0" PORTAGE_INST_UID="0" PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib/portage/pym" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/portage" PRELINK_PATH_MASK="/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10" PS1="\h:\w\$ " PWD="/usr/src" PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/portage/pym" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -P ${DISTDIR} ${URI}" ROOT="/" ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.13/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.13/jre/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.13/jre/javaws" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="2" STAGE1_USE="nptl nptlonly unicode" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" TERM="linux" USE="X accessibility alsa arts berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus doc dri dvd dvdr eds emboss encode esd fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde ldap libg++ mad midi mikmod mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" USER="root" USERLAND="GNU" USERNAME="root" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS" USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal" UUCPLOCK="/var/lock/LCK.." VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" VMHANDLE="sun-jdk-1.4" XARGS="xargs -r" _="/usr/bin/emerge" Any assistance would be appreciated. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED]