Every time I update Arch seems to deteriorate more!

Hi,
I have just updated Arch Linux and every time I have done this recently, I run into a slew or problems caused by various bits of the config:
Currently:
I have the Gnome splash logo stuck in the middle of the screen
Half of the stuff on my dock has been replaced with these strange bars
my Xorg.conf no longer works properly
My startup 'jingle' has changed
The menu bar that usually sits at the top of the gnome screen has gone
I had to comment out "   # Load           "type1"" and "   # RgbPath         "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"" to get the GUI to load at all
I also had to reinstall dbus-core and got a script error at the end (as libdbus-1.so.3 was missing)
Any ideas what's going on?
Thanks
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Jun 13 18:40:26 PDT 2007
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Jun 13 18:39:30 PDT 2007
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
# Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL E228WFP"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7300 GS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "1680x1050 +0+0; 1024x768 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Hi,
I have rebooted the system many times since the upgrade, so the services would have been restarted then.
Running those commands doesn't help:
[root@sam ~]# /etc/rc.d/hal stop
:: Stopping Hardware Abstraction Layer [DONE]
[root@sam ~]# /etc/rc.d/dbus stop
:: Stopping D-BUS system messagebus [DONE]
[root@sam ~]# /etc/rc.d/hal start
:: Starting D-BUS system messagebus [DONE]
:: Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer [DONE]
[root@sam ~]#
This is my ~/.xsession-errors file after getting into the GUI:
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: gnome-session
gnome-session[3577]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/sam/.config/autostart/beagle-search-autostart.desktop: Key file does not have key 'Type'
gnome-session[3577]: WARNING: could not read /home/sam/.config/autostart/beagle-search-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[3577]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/sam/.config/autostart/beagled-autostart.desktop: Key file does not have key 'Type'
gnome-session[3577]: WARNING: could not read /home/sam/.config/autostart/beagled-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[3577]: WARNING: No required applications specified
gnome-session[3577]: WARNING: Application 'libcanberra-login-sound.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Conky: use_spacer should have an argument of left, right, or none. 'no' seems to be some form of 'false', so defaulting to none.
Conky: desktop window (1a6) is root window
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1400001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
Error: Screen isn't composited. Please run compiz (-fusion) or another compositing manager.
--2009-02-01 10:13:42-- https://sambessey:*password*@mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom
Resolving mail.google.com... Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
74.125.77.18, 74.125.77.19, 74.125.77.83, ...
Connecting to mail.google.com|74.125.77.18|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
Connecting to mail.google.com|74.125.77.18|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/xml]
Saving to: `STDOUT'
0K .......... .. 145K=0.08s
2009-02-01 10:13:43 (145 KB/s) - `-' saved [12288]
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
beagled will run in the background.
Use beagle-status to check progress of beagled.
For log files check /home/sam/.beagle/Log/current-Beagle.
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
Got accel 65481, 0, 0
Got keycode 96
Got modmask 0
* Detected Session: gnome
* Searching for installed applications...
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
cannot setgid for user "mpd" at line 45: Operation not permitted
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
Screen is composited.
Got Event! 33, -1
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/separator.desktop
** (awn-applet-activation:3711): WARNING **: Unable to load module /usr/lib/awn/applets/separator/separator.so
** (awn-applet-activation:3711): WARNING **: libgnome-desktop-2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
** (awn-applet-activation:3711): WARNING **: Could not create plug
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
LOADED : /home/sam/.config/awn/launchers/awn_launcher-2.desktop
LOADED : /home/sam/.config/awn/launchers/awn_launcher.desktop
LOADED : /home/sam/.config/awn/launchers/awn_launcher-4.desktop
LOADED : /home/sam/.config/awn/launchers/awn_launcher-1.desktop
LOADED : /home/sam/.config/awn/launchers/awn_launcher-3.desktop
LOADED : /home/sam/.config/awn/launchers/awn_launcher-5.desktop
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/taskman.desktop
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/awnterm.desktop
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/separator.desktop
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/showdesktop.desktop
** (awn-applet-activation:3715): WARNING **: Unable to load module /usr/lib/awn/applets/separator/separator.so
** (awn-applet-activation:3715): WARNING **: libgnome-desktop-2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
** (awn-applet-activation:3715): WARNING **: Could not create plug
** (awn-applet-activation:3713): WARNING **: Unable to load module /usr/lib/awn/applets/awnterm/awnterm.so
** (awn-applet-activation:3713): WARNING **: libgnome-desktop-2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
** (awn-applet-activation:3713): WARNING **: Could not create plug
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/weather.desktop
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/calendar.desktop
APPLET : /usr/lib/awn/applets/quit-applet.desktop
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
Conky: MPD error: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
Got Event! 33, -1
compiz (core) - Error: Plugin 'text' not loaded.
compiz (ring) - Warn: No compatible text plugin found.
compiz (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
It would seem my problem is this:
** (awn-applet-activation:3715): WARNING **: libgnome-desktop-2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
edit: in fact I think I recall something similar happenning a long time ago, and to fix it I simply softlinked the file from another location.... This time it is gone totally... Any ideas Reinstalling gnome-desktop didn't work?
Last edited by Bes (2009-02-01 10:30:41)

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