Re: Cannot load GNOME under Sarge

[Jim Seymour <bluejay@speedfactory.net>]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 06:01:48PM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote:
> Hi Jim
> 
> I've just subscribed to the list, and haven't seen any earlier threads
> about this problem, but figured I'd jump in.  Hope I'm not repeating
> anything.
> 
> I've seen this problem a lot when there was a configuration problem on
> my box, most frequently with NFS.  Is your home directory on a remote
> host?
> 
> Suggest checking:
> 1. file access and locking (does gconftest-1 or similar succeed?
>    if using NFS, are you using portmap, statd, and lockd?)
> 2. host name resolution (does your GNOME Desktop client's name resolve?)
> 3. unclean exit from previous session (do you have another instance of
>    (oafd or similar still running, maybe clean out related /tmp files)
> 4. system logs

1. This is a non-networked box (other than connecting to the internet).
	Could not find a gconftest file on my system. I'll search Debian 
	packages for it.

2. Don't think I have a problem there.

3. Never have been able to log into a GNOME session since I installed 
	Sarge on this box. No instance of oafd running.

4. I posted the .xsession-errors messages where it failed. Is there 
	another log that may help?

Thanks,

Jim Seymour