x problem after updating to gtk2-2.4

[Nico Dietrich]

Hi there,

i know this list is about test-releases, and my question is about a 
problem updating only gtk2 to the 2.4 release, but maybe someone can 
help me anyway.

The problem is that xfree doesn't start anymore when booting in runlevel 
5. The mouse appears (in form of a cross), but when moving it, i get an 
error message, that says that an xserver is already running.

It works to start x as root after booting to runlevel 3, but not as a 
user. (same thing as above). Once as root in gnome i can also start 
gtk-programs without problems.

I could imagine it's some kind of authentification problem, so i updated 
some related packages like pam, and also gdm, to the current devel 
version, but that didn't help.
Maybe i'm still stuck with an old configuration file and need one, which 
was created as .rpmnew ... But if so which one?


This problem happened to me once before on my own computer; as i didn't 
find a solution, i reinstalled fc2-test1.

Now my mother has the same problem (i told her to update to gtk2-2.4 
because of a printer-driver in gimp-print...), but hasn't got the 
download speed to download the new test-cds.


That's why i'm asking here: Does anyone know how to solve this problem 
(or that it's not possible to solve)? It would be a great help to me (as 
i already spend my weekend phoning, surfing and telling my mother 
cryptic commands to enter...)

Thanks,
nico


-- 
Nicolas Dietrich
Uppsala University
Sweden