Gnome configuration problem

[Jeff Boyce]

Additional information.
The problem is only occurring when I am logged on as root.  When I log on 
through my normal username the Gnome desktop is completely normal.  I was 
logged in as root yesterday when installing and uninstalling the NUT 
application.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Boyce" <jboyce at meridianenv.com>
To: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>; 
<me at gavitron.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: Gnome configuration problem


> Thanks Gavin.
> I only have a single terminal at the server with Xwindows and I am the 
> only person in our small office that has the ability/desire to manage the 
> system, so I am certain that two concurrent Gnome sessions under one 
> username is not the source of the problem.  I was able to successfully 
> logout and stop the Xwindow once at the server terminal, then after 
> restarting X later could not stop it at the server terminal.  In this case 
> I killed the Gnome and Xwindow process through Webmin at my Windows 
> station.
>
> I checked the /etc/gconf directory and the permissions are set at 755.  So 
> it appears that I am still looking for other possibilities and 
> suggestions. Any additional help from the list is appreciated.
> Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gavin McDonald" <gavitron at gmail.com>
> To: "'Jeff Boyce'" <jboyce at meridianenv.com>; "'General Red Hat Linux 
> discussion list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:57 PM
> Subject: RE: Gnome configuration problem
>
>
>> I've had similar symptoms when gconf tried to open two concurrent Gnome
>> sessions for one username.  Also, similar "broken" gnome sessions arise 
>> when
>> the permissions on the .gconf directory are incorrectly set.  (ie AND w/
>> 700.)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Gavin McDonald
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]
>> On Behalf Of Jeff Boyce
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:44 AM
>> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Gnome configuration problem
>>
>> Greetings -
>>
>> Dell PE 2600, RHEL3, primarily configured as file server with Samba.
>> Logging into my server and starting X today resulted in an obvious 
>> problem.
>> I had a black desktop screen that was blank (several icons are normally 
>> on a
>>
>> blue desktop screen) and I was unable to open a file manager window.  I 
>> am
>> able to open a terminal window and run my Arkeia tape backup software 
>> which
>> displays in Xwindows.  It appears I may have messed up my Gnome
>> configuration, but am not sure what is wrong, or how to fix it.  The only
>> unique actions that occurred on the system the previous day included the
>> installation of the NUT (network ups tools) software from source, and the
>> subsequent uninstallation of NUT.  I had never installed from source 
>> before
>> and the installation went fine without errors.  There was not a *make
>> uninstall* for the program so I followed some instructions to review the
>> *makefile* to see where all the files where installed and delete the
>> files/directories manually.  The following directories were removed
>> (actually moved to Trash).
>>
>> /opt/NUT/nut-2.0.1    (contained the unzipped source files)
>> /usr/local/ups/man
>> /usr/local/ups/share
>> /usr/local/ups/bin
>> /usr/local/ups/sbin
>>
>> Up2date is not configured to run in an automated fashion, therefore an
>> updated Gnome could not be the source of the problem.  A check of the
>> logfiles shows the information listed below, but this information was 
>> also
>> logged on previous days prior to the problem occurring, so I am not sure
>> that it is relevant to the problem.  What diagnostic steps can I take to
>> identify the root cause of the problem, and return my desktop to normal?
>>
>> Apr 6 10:24:08 bison -- root[30000]: ROOT LOGIN ON tty1
>> Apr 6 10:24:13 bison modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
>> char-major-10-134
>> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): starting (version 2.2.1), pid
>> 31746 user 'root'
>> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): Resolved address
>> "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config 
>> source
>> at position 0
>> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): Resolved address
>> "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
>> Apr 6 10:24:16 bison gconfd (root-31746): Resolved address
>> "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source 
>> at
>>
>> position 2
>>
>> Jeff Boyce
>> www.meridianenv.com
>>
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