Gnome won't start

nehsa · 2003-01-14 13:51:30

I got the base system installed now I want to get x-windows wokrking. I installed xfree86, gnome, and gdm. I got xfree86 to start up and see my mouse. The problem is when I try to load gnome, it pops up with:

The settings daemon restarted too many times

The last error was:

Failed to activate "OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon

Does anyone know what is causing this? I can't seem to find any tutorials anywhere on setting gnome 2.0 up..

Thanks for any help.

Arielext · 2003-01-14 17:22:24

Do you load gnome.sh in /etc/profile.d ?

nehsa · 2003-01-15 05:01:12

I did get it to work for root after installing gnome-control-center but it still says the same thing for regular users. I assume that means it has to do with permissions, any easy way to just say that I want any use to be able to run gnome?

Arielext · 2003-01-15 06:34:25

Last time I checked Gnome worked for all my users (yes both of them), I've installed *all* gnome packages, maybe you miss a package (though that shouldn't happen, otherwise the dependencies are broken).

Any gnome specialist here?

*goes back to his windowmaker*

jk · 2003-01-15 15:12:25

try a pacman -Syu first as there were issues with the gnome on the 0.4 cd... Never seen this problem though

nehsa · 2003-01-16 04:47:28

Is there an easy way to have pacman list all packages required for gnome? I just did a pacman -Ss gnome and installed gnome core and everything that came with it. After that I just kept installing what it told me it needed..

sarah31 · 2003-01-16 06:19:13

i tried to post from work yesterday but the stupid ethcard crapped out. try doing the install procedure listed here

nehsa · 2003-01-16 07:45:22

Read through that and made sure all of the packages will installed. One of two things was the problem:

1a) /opt/gnome/bin was not in my path
2a) export GTK_USE_XFT=1 fixed it (not sure what that does)

I'm thinking it was the first one..

Thanks for all of your help.. I think I'm looking good now.. recompiled the kernel (quick question- is it better to have modules or have stuff built-in?), xwindows starts up without errors, usb optical mouse works, sound works.. gnome works..

jk · 2003-01-16 11:21:11

export GTK_USE_XFT=1 enables font anti-aliasing in GTK2 applications...Glad you fixed it!

Arielext · 2003-01-16 18:23:14

nehsa wrote:

1a) /opt/gnome/bin was not in my path

which is done by loading gnome.sh

yeah, I got it right this time

elanthis · 2003-01-18 05:52:10

The original problem is almost always caused by a lack of installing all the gnome packages. I've also encountered a hard-to-trace bug in which pacman will not install packages in the correct order, and the packages then fail to work. I'm not sure if that issue has been resolved yet or not...

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Gnome won't start

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