This is probably silly, but perhaps you'd want to check and make sure
dbus and hald are started at boot, and add them if they aren't.
'rc-update add dbus default' and rc-update add hald default' would do
the trick.
/Björn Ottervik
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 01:09 -0400, John covici wrote:
> 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]��z (&j)b b
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