Problems starting X and gnome (Solved)

I have just installed Arch, and installed and configured xorg as is says in the wiki, X worked with twm, so I installed gnome and gnome-extra also with the Gnome wiki, then , when using the gnome-session command to open gnome it gives me the following error message:
"Gtk-WARNING **: Cannot open display:"
So I configured the ~/.xinitrc file and added the exec gnome-session line to make gnome the default, restarted and when using the startx command it gives me this message:
"(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse No such file or directory
(EE)Mouse1: Cannot open input device
(EE)PreInit failed for input device "Mouse1"
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X erver
No core pointer
Fatal Server Error:
failed to initialize core devices
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining."
And nothing happens, im still in the command line, can anyone help me out?

If you've recently updated udev, then yes, I'm pretty sure you need to update the kernel alongside it - there are patches in the newer kernels that work with udev.

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No TV sound - Problem with Pulseaudio and Gnome

Hi Community!
Since January 2013 I got big problems with the sound of my tvcard. The card is a Sundtek Media TV Pro. But after all the problems have nothing to to with the card itself!
So far I found out, that the problem is with Pulseaudio.
- Sound works under Windows on same PC.
- Sound don't work under Arch - not with tvtime, not with vlc, etc.
- Problem occurs even on a new installed system with the Arch-2013-02-01 install medium.
cat /etc/mediasrv.log
[1033] Pulseaudio connect reported an error (6 - Connection refused)
[1033] select error() in audio processor (can be caused because of pulseaudio) (Interrupted system call)
After setting up a new Arch installation with just xorg-server, gnome, tvtime and the sundtek driver from AUR I run journalctl -b:
Feb 10 16:25:15 hightower pulseaudio[636]: [pulseaudio] pid.c:
Daemon already running.
With sudo journalctl | grep 'Feb 10 16:2' I get the following output:
Feb 10 16:25:01 hightower rtkit-daemon[489]: Successfully made thread 488 of process 488 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '120' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 16:25:14 hightower rtkit-daemon[489]: Successfully made thread 606 of process 606 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 16:25:15 hightower rtkit-daemon[489]: Successfully made thread 636 of process 636 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 16:25:15 hightower pulseaudio[636]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] module-jackdbus-detect.c: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NotSupported: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-jackdbus-detect" (argument:""): initialization failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Die Adresse wird bereits verwendet
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[1000]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Konnte Daemon nicht initialisieren.
Feb 10 16:28:55 hightower pulseaudio[997]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Start des Daemons fehlgeschlagen.
So, if I understand right, pulseaudio is alreade started by the rtkit-daemon and gnome couldn't start it again.
At https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/30926 I found a hint concerning /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop and /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio-kde.desktop.
After removing them from /etc/xdg/autostart and running journalctl -b there are no more errors.
With sudo journalctl | grep 'pulseaudio' I get:
sudo journalctl | grep 'Feb 10 17:4' | grep 'pulse*'
Feb 10 17:41:42 hightower rtkit-daemon[485]: Successfully made thread 484 of process 484 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '120' high priority at nice level -11.
Feb 10 17:41:55 hightower rtkit-daemon[485]: Successfully made thread 625 of process 625 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
In my opinion all looks ok! I also checked the channels with the alsamixer and it looks good, too.
So I ran vlc v4l2://:dev=/dev/video0:width=720:height=576:tuner-frequency=510750:adev=/dev/null:standard=255 - but still no sound.
With cat /var/log/mediasrv.log I checked the drivers logfile:
2013-02-10 17:48:55 [343] SETTING DVB-C
2013-02-10 17:48:55 [343] switching to analog TV
2013-02-10 17:48:56 [343] SETTING PAL/SECAM
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] invalid audio input selected: 2
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] Setting frequency: 510750000
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] Using settings for Europe
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [343] Set Pixelformat: 0 YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV)
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [1033] Starting audio processor (PID 1033)
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [1033] initializing audio in audio processor
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [1033] loaded local pulseaudio driver
2013-02-10 17:48:58 [1033] select error() in audio processor (can be caused because of pulseaudio) (Interrupted system call)
2013-02-10 17:48:59 [1033] Pulseaudio connect reported an error (6 - Connection refused)
2013-02-10 17:48:59 [1033] select error() in audio processor (can be caused because of pulseaudio) (Interrupted system call)
2013-02-10 17:48:59 [1033] Pulseaudio connect reported an error (6 - Connection refused)
I started tvtime again. This time I ran rm -rf ~/.config/pulse/ and killall pulseaudio to kill the Pulseaudio server. I instantly got a loud noise out of my speakers.
I closed tvtime and re-opened it. And there it was: TV SOUND OUT OF MY SPEAKERS!
But now, when I run pavucontrol I get:
Connection to PulseAudio failed. Automatic retry in 5s.
In this cas this is likely because PULSE_SERVER in the Environment/X11 root Windows Properties or default-server in client.conf is misconfigured.
This situation can also arrise when PulseAudio crashed and left stale details in the X11 Root Windows.
If this is the case, then PuseAudio should autospawn again, or if this is not configured you sould run start-pulseaudio-x11 manually.
I got the information from Sundtek, that Pulseaudio should not be started as system service. Instead, every user should have an own Pulseaudio daemon and that PA was concepted this way. But they don't know how it is implemented in ArchLinux.
I also don't know it exactly. So the question to all you ArchLinu pro's:
How is PA implemented in Arch? And how can I sustainable solve my problem?
Thank you for your time and help!
Durag

There is just one more thing I found out.
After logging into Gnome and running ps aux | grep pulse I get:
rebel 727 0.7 0.2 444316 10288 ? S<l 03:02 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
rebel 731 0.0 0.0 71236 2652 ? S 03:02 0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
rebel 843 0.0 0.0 17396 1184 pts/0 D+ 03:03 0:00 grep pulse
To get the sound to work I run:
rm -rf .config/pulse/
killall pulseaudio
killall -9 pulseaudio
I again run ps aux | grep pulse
rebel 4016 4.2 0.2 510124 11528 ? Sl 03:06 0:02 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
rebel 4020 0.0 0.0 71368 2700 ? S 03:06 0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
rebel 4046 0.0 0.0 19456 1216 pts/0 R+ 03:07 0:00 grep pulse
I can recognize that the STATs have changed. Maybe this can help to solve the problem?

Problems starting PE8 - and the answer to my problem!

Hi Everyone,
The other day, I was having a problem starting PE8... When I started PE8 from the desktop icon, the Welcome Screen would appear, but the buttons which would normally allow a person to: Open a Project, Create A Project, etc., were all shaded out and could not be clicked. In fact the only thing I could do was to Take a Tour!   After taking the tour, I was able to click on a GO button, which then took me into Organizer, rather than into Premiere Elements. Clearly, something was wrong. I completely uninstalled PE8 and removed all instances of PE8 from my Program Files x86 directory. Yet, when I reinstalled PE8, the sympton persisted.
Here's the answer to the problem I was experiencing:
After trying to start PE8, over and over, many times, I noticed that right before the Welcome screen began to appear, there was a small (2" X 3") dialog box that said that I did not have any available memory. How could that be?! I have 12GB of memory on my computer! Hmmmm. Wait a minute! I remember that as I entered PE8 in the past, at the bottom of the Welcome Screen, it said that I had/have 2GB of memory for storage available.   So, as I went in to the shaded out Welcome Screen again, I looked at the little bar graph which shows how much storage memory one has available from Photoshop.com. My bar graph was maxed out!   I then went to photoshop.com (which I have never used at all!) and I logged in with the same login that I used when I registered PE8. Much to my surprise, someone else's pictures had been dumped into my account/storage on Photoshop.com. I then deleted ALL the pictures that were on my photoshop.com account. I also changed my login & password. I logged out of photoshop.com and then (as I had done many times previously) attempted to open up Premiere Elements 8 and IT OPENED AND STARTED PERFECTLY.
The moral to this story is that:   If you, or (as in my case) someone else maxes out your photoshop.com storage, you won't be able to get into Premier Elements until you either obtain more storage from Adobe, or until you delete things that you have in that storage area.   Note that when you install and register PE8, a Photoshop.com account and gallery area are created for you.   If that account/gallery is ever filled to it's initial 2GB capacity, you won't be able to start PE8 properly.   Likewise, if you can't start/open PE8 normally, then go to photoshop.com, log in, and check to see how much memory has been used on your photoshop account.
Last, but not least, know that the memory problem (not having any more Storage Memory available) is NOT a problem on YOUR computer. Rather, it is referring to the amount of Memory/Storage that Adobe gives you for free on THEIR computer.
Best Regards,
Kent

Hmmm. They would have to have the same login and password, which is highly unlikely. Nevertheless, while my login (email address) remains the same, I now have a new password.   I figured that you would find my 'solution' interesting.    I never would have thought the problem was with the photoshop.com account which I had never used.   But, as we all know, the moment we assume anything, Murphy's Law kicks in and fools us!   Thanks again for all your help. Kent

Problem starting OpenOffice with KDE [Solved]

I just did a clean Arch install witk KDE desktop. After I installed OpenOffice with
pacman -Sy openoffice-base
when I try to start openoffice I get the following error message
"The application cannot be started. An internal error occurred."
I tried to reinstall OpenOffice but that didn't help.
Any ideas whats going wrong? OpenOffice worked fine with Gnome before I did a clean install.
-A-

this problem is caused as some files on the install or somewhere else got assigned root permissions so that is the problem. i deleted the folder and everything recreated ok.
I have the same problem, but deleting ~/.openoffice.org2 haven't solved the problem, so I looked up this forum for other solutions and nothing helped.
From other topic: That's not a java problem, I think.
Any ideas?

Problem to logout from gnome [SOLVED]

Hello everyone.
I changed my initab file to automaticly login a user and in bash_profile of this user i startx. So gnome starts automaticly when pc boots, but i have a problem with logout. I can't logout to console because after that i am automaticly login again a gnome starts. Can i work around this problem some how?
Last edited by anptr (2012-08-01 20:43:30)

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Laserjet 1018 paper feed problem - started suddenly and now wrinkles paper but does not feed it in

This HP Laserjet 1018 is 4 years old, has worked flawlessly. But a day or two ago it fed a sheet of paper, there was a ripping sound, and the paper emerged, printed, but with a 1/4" wide, 5" long missing bit near the bottom, running the long way of the paper. I found and removed the crinkled up torn strip of paper, and have restarted this printer numerous times. Since that incident, it refuses to feed paper correctly, but bunches it up and wrinkles it a bit from the left to right and does not feed it in. Thus, won't work. I can't see any broken parts or anything stuck inside -- and taking this printer apart is v. complicated -- no easy panel to remove to see the feed mechanism. I'm doubtful I can take it apart enough, and still get it back together. I've cleaned the feed roller (small half-round gray rubber thing) and it does not seem to be the problem.
Questions:
a) anyone experienced, and solved this problem?
b) is it worth trying to send this for repair (I got it on special for $69, and the replacement equivalent now appears to be the HP P1102w, which is selling via Amazon for $94.99
Thanks

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The following link at the HP Customer Care web site may provide some help on the paper feed issues you are seeing.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SupportTaskIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodS...
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.

Problem starting apache web server [SOLVED]

when i start apache manually (sudo /etc/rc.d/./httpd start) i just get a fail, but when i start it through webmin i get the following:
stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Can someone tell me how i can fix this, or if it is too hard to fix, give me the name of the next best http server available?

i had problems with apache too, but then i just did some changes:
in httpd.conf i changed user from nobody to httpd;
then added to system user httpd via adduser httpd in group nobody and it worked well

MSI P45 Neo-F: Computer having problem starting up, and crushes frequently

Hello,
I have the following rig:
Pentium Dual Core E5200
MSI P45 Neo-F
2x2GB Kingston DDR2 RAM
Seasonic 500W SS-500ET
The problem is that when i start the comp, i won't start up (the computer gets power, and the fans\hd are spinning, but nothing show up and no beeps).
I have to do several resets and wait for a few minutes in order for it to start. I get a few bsods, resets, and finally, the windows is up.
When I work in windows, I get freezes and BSODs from time to time.
I tried to:
-disconnect all drives
-disconnect all USB peripherals
-disconnect TV tuner and Sound Card
-disconnect every other memory slot, one for each time
-ran Memtest86 - the memory came out fine
-ran Intel burn test - which failed
-ran furmark - passed ok.
-changed the PSU.
-the CPU's temratures are fine (around ~35 c)
I think the problem is in the MB, as this behavior is not common for CPU failure. The comp crushed randomly, not when it is loaded.
Can somebody comfirm it?
What can I do?
Thank you in advance!!

Quote
2x2GB Kingston DDR2 RAM
What is the exact Kingston Model Number of those modules?

Network bridge problems linking wwan0 and eth0 [SOLVED]

Hi There,
I have just got working a 3G modem which appears as device wwan0. I am trying to link this interface to my wired ethernet eth0.
wwan0 seems to work fine with network manager, getting a IP address via dhcp works just fine and I can use the interface.
However, when I disable network manager and try to bring up the bridge with "netcfg up bridge" it times out, failing to get an lease with dhcp.
My /etc/network.d/bridge file contains the following:
INTERFACE="br0"
CONNECTION="bridge"
DESCRIPTION="Bridge wired and wireless connection"
BRIDGE_INTERFACES="eth0 wwan0"
IP="dhcp"
#FWD_DELAY=10
As per the wiki, I have tried using various values for FWD_DELAY (i.e 10 7 5,4,3,2,1,0) but nothing ..
The relevant sections of /etc/rc.conf are:
NETWORKS=(bridge)
DAEMONS=( ... net-profiles !networkmanager ...)
It seems that DHCP via networkmanager is the only way the interface gets an IP. I even tried "dhcpd br0" or "dhcpd wwan0" and they both time out.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Last edited by bmentink (2012-05-15 22:02:00)

Hi,
Ok I have this working now, here are the steps I used.
1. Allowed NetworkManager to setup the 3G Interface wwan0 with DHCP ..
2. Disabled my eth0 interface from Networkmanager by putting an entry in /etc/Networkmanager/Networkmanager.conf
3. Manually configured eth0 with a static IP of 192.168.0.1
4. did the "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" thing for IP forwarding
5. did the following with iptables:
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wwan0 -j MASQUERADE
rc.d save iptables
rc.d start iptables
6. Connected my wireless router "wan" port to eth0 and configured for 192.168.0.2 IP address and DNS servers dished up from the network ..
( .. looked at the entries in /etc/resolve.conf on the PC I am sharing the internet )
I can then connect to my wireless lan with my other computers..and on to the internet ... yahoo .. :-)
The only issue I have with this setup is getting the 3G interface to connect automatically to the network .. I ticked the box in networkmanager, but it doesn't seem to work
if I reboot the PC or take the usb T stick out and plug back in, I have to manually connect to the network with networkmanager. Does anyone know how to do this automatically ..
[edit] seems this is a known bug ... you can only auto connect when the interface power is set to "on", but stupidly it defaults to "off"
Thanks,
B.
Last edited by bmentink (2012-05-14 07:56:04)

Problem starting DBAUD and OSAUD Collector!

Hi all,
1.While i was trying to start DBAUD collector on AV server, i got this error in "Audit Errors" of av em,
module: zaac , on line 7662 ora-12154: tns could not resolve the connect identifier specified
2.the OSAUD is starting but i have this error in "Audit Errors" of av em,
module zaodrOCIError , OCI error encountered for source database "mysrc" access, audit trail cleanup support disabled!
while the agent is running, and connection by "plsql /@mysrc" is successful from av server to source db!
Would u plz help me on these?
Edited by: user4972884 on Sep 30, 2008 2:06 AM

oracle@OraAV:~> avorcldb add_source -src oraavag:1521:orcl -agentname agent2 -srcname src3
Enter Source user name: srcuser1
Enter Source password:
Adding source...
Source added successfully.
source successfully added to Audit Vault
remember the following information for use in avctl
Source name (srcname): src3
Storing user credentials in wallet...
Create credential oracle.security.client.connect_string5
done.
Mapping Source to Agent...
oracle@OraAV:~> avorcldb add_collector -srcname src3 -agentname agent2 -colltype dbaud -collname DBAUD_COLL
source src3 verified for Aud$/FGA_LOG$ Audit Collector collector
Adding collector...
Collector added successfully.
collector successfully added to Audit Vault
remember the following information for use in avctl Collector name (collname): DBAUD_COLL

[SOLVED] Problem with GDM and Gnome3

Okay, the Topic was more of a trick. Actually I'm havingt two seperate issues; I googled and such, but have not found anything that really answers my question.
First Issue:
I have my gdm.service enabled, so it starts on statup. I boot into runlevel 3. Now, whenever I type "startx" the screen becomes black, and after a while I come back into my TTY with something along the lines of "Stopping X server". But without any error, etc. It justs stops. When I know do a systemctl status on my gdm.service, I become that:
gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Feb 03 16:47:31 thunderlaptop gdm-simple-slave[475]: WARNING: Failed to give slave programs access to the display. Trying to proceed.
Feb 03 16:48:22 thunderlaptop gdm-password][623]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): authentication failure; logname=(unknown) uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=thunderuser
Feb 03 16:48:33 thunderlaptop gdm-password][626]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user thunderuser by (unknown)(uid=0)
Feb 03 16:48:33 thunderlaptop gdm-simple-slave[475]: WARNING: Failed to remove slave program access to the display. Trying to proceed.
Feb 03 17:03:17 thunderlaptop systemd[1]: Stopping GNOME Display Manager...
Feb 03 17:03:17 thunderlaptop gdm-simple-slave[475]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_ref: assertion `object->ref_count > 0' failed
Feb 03 17:03:17 thunderlaptop gdm-simple-slave[475]: WARNING: Child process 626 was already dead.
Feb 03 17:03:17 thunderlaptop gdm-simple-slave[475]: WARNING: Unable to kill session worker process
Feb 03 17:03:18 thunderlaptop gdm-simple-slave[475]: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_unref: assertion `object->ref_count > 0' failed
Feb 03 17:03:18 thunderlaptop systemd[1]: Stopped GNOME Display Manager.
After I start it, it puts me into the login screen and I can work just fine with Gnome3. I have no clue where the issuse might be.
The second is simple to explain - I have no Network symbol in the upper right corner, and Gnome3 says the network service is not compatible with my system.
Oh, and another issue. When I type something too long, the text does not start a new line in my console resulting in some Visual problems.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by ThunderRush (2013-02-04 12:36:57)

Blasphemist wrote:
Isn't GDM starting X and Gnome as it should for you? You shouldn't need to start X unless you want more than one X session. Is that what you are trying to do? After installing Gnome and Gnome-extra, I just use this command to enable GDM. systemctl enable gdm
What is your networking configuration. The beginners guide has been updated within the last week or two about this due to a change in network interface naming. Please give that a look.
Which console and shell are you using? Does it have a line wrap configuration option. This is normally automatic but those are my first questions.
Well, as I said, I start into runlevel 3 and want to start X by myself.
Yes, I realise that it is not wlan0 anymore, and I know the name of my wlan-interface. It works awesomely fine via wifi-menu <interface>, but gnome3 seems to have struggles? Have not found anything about that.
I'm using the gnome shell with bash. But the problem occours in a tty2 console as well. I guess it is a problem with .bashrc, but I have no idea what it might be.
Edit:
So, the fixes for the problems are...
1. Reinstall Linux. My Pam was fucked up somewhoe.
2. systemctl enable NetworkManager and not networkmanager. Please kill me.
3. I wrote the Colorcodes and escape-characters in a variable and used that in the actual PS1. That fixed it, and the guys over at bash suggest that too.
Last edited by ThunderRush (2013-02-04 12:36:42)

Wierd problem starting gnome

Ok i have a slightly wierd problem. I wanted to install gnome 2.1 but i have no interent connection so i downloaded all the gnome related packages & their dependancies and installed them. I dont know exactly everything i installed but among others i installed the following and their dependancies:
gnome-applets
gnome-audio
gnome-backgrounds
gnome-blog
gnome-common
gnome-desktop
gnome-icon-theme
gnome-keyring
gnome-menus
gnome-panel
gnome-session
gnome-terminal
gnome-utils
gnome-vfs
gnome-volume-manager
I removed the exec entries for wmaker etc from the bottom of xinitrc files in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and /etc/skel/xinitrc and put in exec gnome-session. - I wasnt sure which was the default xinirc file.
The problem is that gnome does kindof start but i get some kind of a mutation between what you get from starting xinit and gnome. Basically the gnome desktop and panels start in little windows which is no good.
Is it that theres something i need to install and havent or something i need to uninstall to allow gnome to work properly or what am i doing wrong?
Cheers
Btw is any way to post a screenshot?

There i no .xinitrc in the home directory by default, X defaults to one of the two i mentioned above - i didnt want to complicate things by putting one in my home directory.
Edit: Thanks though - i could have missed it.
Either way i finally go pacman to do pacman -S gnome and that fixed it. Must have been missing some package.
I get a proper gnome enviornment now but the terminal doesnt work and neither does nautilus. Trying to open the file manager crashes it removing icons from the desktop and the context menu.
Is this a common problem? Im thinking i might reinstall the whole thing because ive spent so much time messing around with it, bound to have broken something . . .

JDS and Gnome start, but all applications become fixed in upper left hand

Problem:
Java Desktop and Gnome start, but all applications are fixed in the upper left hand corner and become stacked on top of each other.
Multi-panel JDS does not start up, and I am forced into one window, which makes the above problem critical.
Conditions: New installation (not an upgrade) I experienced this problem. Attempted to connect from SGD. Using the following command
/usr/dt/config/Xsession.jds
Environment Variable: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib
ERROR MESSAGE:
There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon.
Some things, such as themes, sounds, or background settings may not work correctly.
The Settings Daemon restarted too many times.
The last error message was:
Child process did not give an error message, unknown failure occurred
GNOME will still try to restart the Settings Daemon next time you log in.
SOLARIS Version:
SunOS ITK-EDS1-IS 5.10 Generic_137137-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210
Window Manager:
Sun Java Desktop System, Release 3
Build Date: 12/15/04
After Problem Encountered I did the following:
Insured all X, DT, and OPENWIN bins were in my path.
Cleaned out the /var/tmp directory
Cleared out the user directory except for the .dtprofile with the Sessionlog commented out, and the .profile.
Rebooted the united and tried again.
All .dt and JDS .directories are rebuilt, and the welcome to JDS comes up.
The following is from the log files located in the .dt directory.
Results of .dt/startlog (Note: only anomaly reported for brevity)
--- starting /usr/dt/bin/dsdm &
dsdm: another DSDM is already running
Results of .dt/sessionlogs
GNOME Desktop Environment
using xinitrc file: /usr/dt/config/Xinitrc.jds
Cleaned 0 files 0 still live
Starting GNOME
X_mkdir: Not owner
(Message REPEATS)
SESSION_MANAGER=local/ITK-EDS1-IS:/tmp/.ICE-unix/12329,inet6/ITK-EDS1-IS:34993,inet/ITK-EDS1-IS:34994
Window manager warning: Log level 32: could not find XKB extension.
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display "10.70.10.21:11.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.
(Message REPEATS)
(nautilus:12375): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-volume.c: line 261: assertion `home_volume != NULL' failed
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Anyone have any idea of what this problem could be,

Your main problem is that the JDS window manager (metacity) isn't starting up, because it thinks there is already another window manager running on that display:
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Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display "10.70.10.21:11.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.
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I obviously don't know if there really is or not (I'm guessing not, if all the windows are stuck in the top left of the screen), but running "metacity --replace &" in a terminal should force it to start up.
The gnome-settings-daemon warning is annoying, but non-fatal. It will usually just cause some icons and fonts to look incorrect. You can try running "/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon" again manually in a terminal, which will sometimes clear it up straight away. If not, I see you attempted to clean up some things in the home directory manually, but running "/usr/bin/gnome-cleanup" in a terminal (while not logged into JDS) might be a better thing to try.

Problem starting DB

Hi ,
i have win XP professional and 11g database.
Till yesterday the database was working fine.
Today ,while doing sqlplus ,I ma getting error as below
"the procedure could not find the entrypoint longjmp located in dynamic link library orauts.dll"
please suggest.
rgds
s

Hi,
Problem starting DB and not able to use sqlplus is two different thing.
Assuming you have right now problem using sqlplus.
Please check if your Environment variable like %PATH, %ORACLE_HOME is properly set. I suppose you have more than 1 oracle installed on that box.
Regards
Anurag Tibrewal.

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