> -----Original Message-----
> From: John covici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:59 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after
updating
> world
>
> on Wednesday 12/12/2007 Marzan, Richard non
> Unisys([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> > John,
> >
> >
> > I remember having the same problem before and I believe that
> > deleting the appropriate .gnome and .gnome2 directories would fix
the
> > problem. I'm not sure why this happens or why this solution worked
for
> > me but it did. You might lose some settings. Do not worry because
the
> > .gnome and .gnome2 directories will be recreated as soon as you try
to
> > run gnome.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Richard
> >
>
> Unfortunately, no joy, I started xinit and I have in my /root
> directory a .xinitrc which says
> exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
> but all I got was a message on the text console which said waiting for
> the server to shut down, so we have a server problem as well,
> apparently.
>
>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John covici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:43 AM
> > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > > Subject: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after
updating
> > world
> > >
> > > Hi. After upgrading my system using emerge --update --deep
> > > --with-bdeps=y world I am no longer able to use x-windows. I saw
a
> > > message for one package connection refused by server, but I saw
that
> > > gnome-session had ended and that no other gnome apps had
hstarted.
> > > There is nothing in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log, so I have no idea
how to
> > > trouble shoot this at all. I am using nvidia drivers 100.14.19
and
> > > gentoo sources of 2.6.21-r4.
> > >
> > > 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
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> Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
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> John Covici
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John,
Are you running X as root. I don't think that's a good idea. Try
running it as a normal user. And try using exec gnome-session in your
.xinitrc files. See if that works for you.
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